Moonlight star Ashton Sanders is in final negotiations to take on the lead role of Bigger Thomas in a movie version of Richard Wrights novel Native Son. Nick Robinson, the lead actor in gay teen romance-drama "Love, Simon", is also in talks to join the cast along with Margaret Qualley, Kiki Layne and Bill Camp, reports variety.com.

Entertainment company A24, which released "Moonlight," announced on Thursday that it has acquired worldwide rights to "Native Son" with a new adaptation written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Conceptual artiste Rashid Johnson will make his feature directing debut.