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Martin Luther King Film ‘Memphis’ Coming Back Around For Paul Greengrass And Scott Rudin

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 16, 2012 @ 3:39pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Martin Luther King, Memphis, Paul Greengrass, Scott Rudin, Wild Bunch
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: Memphis, Paul Greengrass‘ film about the final days of Dr. Martin Luther King, is coming back around. Now, I hear that steps are underway to make Memphis Greengrass’ next directorial outing. I’ve heard that Veritas is in talks to finance with Wild Bunch. You might recall the picture was shelved after Universal Pictures dropped out, and Greengrass and producer Scott Rudin shelved it because it became too difficult to set up new financing and shoot the film so that it could be released during the MLK weekend holiday. Greengrass and Rudin moved on to make Captain Phillips, the Sony drama about the Somali pirate heist that stars Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips.

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The script depicts Dr. King’s final days as he struggled to organize a protest march on behalf of striking black municipal sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was slain. That storyline is juxtaposed with an intense manhunt for King’s assassin James Earl Ray, involving some of the federal authorities who, at Hoover’s direction, had dogged King’s every step with wiretaps and whispering campaigns before the civil rights leader’s death. READ MORE »

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Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Memphis’ Headed For Big Screen

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday October 14, 2012 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Alcon Entertainment, Mark Gordon Company, Memphis
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Belle Pictures and the Mark Gordon Company have set a film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Memphis at Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment. Mark Gordon and Molly Smith will produce with Alcon’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick … Read More »

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Universal Steps Up For Paul Greengrass On Martin Luther King Drama ‘Memphis’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 23, 2011 @ 11:28am PSTTags: Martin Luther King, Memphis, Paul Greengrass, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures will make Memphis, the drama about the assassination of Martin Luther King written and directed by Paul Greengrass. The picture is being produced by Scott Rudin, the Oscar-nominated producer of Best Picture candidates The Social Network and … Read More »

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More Film Deals: Paul Greengrass Eyes MLK

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 13, 2011 @ 4:02pm PSTTags: Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, Movie Deals, Movies, Paul Greengrass, Scott Rudin

Paul Greengrass is reportedly considering an MLK drama he’s written called Memphis, which would be produced by Scott Rudin. I’m told it’s by no means definite, but if Vulture’s scoop happens – it will happen fast, and will be done … Read More »

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