Universal drops Memphis
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Universal Pictures has dropped Paul Greengrass’ Martin Luther King, Jr. project Memphis. The studio picked up the film last month, and was hoping to production underway this June for a release around Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday next year. According to Universal, they’re uncertain they could get the film out in time for next February, and have halted production because of that reason. However, Deadline is hearing that MLK’s estate was pressuring to studio to stop the film, and that former confidante of the civil rights leader Andrew Young called the studio personally to object the film’s development.
There’s also word that MLK’s family will be going public against their opposition to Greengrass’ script, and it was feared that would hurt the film’s performance at the box-office. But Greengrass is looking at other studios to finance the film regardless of this controversy. Hopefully, Greengrass can find another studio soon and get the film back on track for its original schedule.
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That’s too bad, I think Paul Grengrass would do justice to the subject.
Like with United 93.