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Lucas Black Joins ‘Promised Land’ And ’42′

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday May 21, 2012 @ 9:30am PDTTags: 42, Lucas Black, Promised Land
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Lucas Black Pee Wee ReeseLucas Black has joined the cast of the Gus Van Sant-directed Promised Land for Focus Features. He’ll also play a role in the Brian Helgeland-directed 42 for Warner Bros. In Promised Land, Black plays a land owner who gets cheated and exploited when his land is leased. In 42, Black plays shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who, from the moment Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the color barrier, embraced the rookie and stood by his side. ICM-repped Black was last seen with Robert Duvall in Seven Days In Utopia.

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Warner Bros Dates Jackie Robinson Biopic ‘42’ For April 2013

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday April 23, 2012 @ 3:39pm PDTTags: 42, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros

Warner Bros 42 Jackie RobinsonWarner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ Jackie Robinson biopic 42 will be released April 12, 2013, three days before the 66th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer becoming the first black player in … Read More »

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Nicole Beharie To Play Jackie Robinson’s Love In ’42′

By BRIAN BROOKS | Tuesday February 14, 2012 @ 10:08am PSTTags: 42, Jackie Robinson, Shame

42 is the biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player. Nicole Beharie will play the role of Rachel Isum, Robinson’s life love. Legendary Pictures will bring 42 to the screen. Last year Beharie starred … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Harrison Ford Set To Play Branch Rickey In Jackie Robinson Film ’42′

By MIKE FLEMING | Friday December 9, 2011 @ 4:36pm PSTTags: 42, Branch Rickey, Harrison Ford, Jackie Robinson
Mike Fleming

Deadline revealed yesterday that Legendary Pictures was courting Harrison Ford to play Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers GM who with Jackie Robinson broke the color line in baseball in 1947. Legendary has announced that Ford is set, and that … Read More »

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Legendary Courts Harrison Ford To Play Branch Rickey In Jackie Robinson Film ’42′

By MIKE FLEMING | Thursday December 8, 2011 @ 8:42am PSTTags: 42, Branch Rickey, Brian Helgeland, Harrison Ford, Jackie Robinson
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EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Pictures is courting Harrison Ford to play Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in 42, the Brian Helgeland-directed chronicle of how Rickey and Jackie Robinson eradicated segregation in baseball in 1947. Helgeland has written a script after Legendary jump-started a long dormant project in collaboration with Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson. The film’s being produced by Legendary’s Thomas Tull with Jon Jashni and Dick Cook exec producing. The film will be released by Warner Bros.

Numerous top actors have been mentioned for the Rickey role, including Robert Redford, who was attached a decade ago when the project was first contemplated. Now, it looks like it’s Ford’s role if he wants it, and while he has been mentioned for a number of projects including Ender’s Game, here he would be playing the man who with Robinson was the catalyst for the most groundbreaking event to occur in sports in the 20th century.

It wasn’t enough to decide to break baseball’s color line; Rickey had to search for the right player and qualities that went beyond hitting, fielding, speed and a throwing arm. Read More »

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