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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 10, 2016 10:07:59 GMT -6
www.indiewire.com/2016/06/film-acquisition-rundown-week-of-june-6-open-road-films-marshall-ifc-antibirth-1201687219/Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. rights to “Marshall,” starring Chadwick Boseman as legendary attorney and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Josh Gad as lawyer Sam Friedman. The film will also star Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Sterling K. Brown and Keesha Sharp and will be directed by Reginald Hudlin. The film “is based on a true incident in the life of Thurgood Marshall, when he was a young lawyer, long before his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Marshall to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder. In need of a high profile victory but muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall is partnered with Samuel Friedman, a young Jewish lawyer who has never tried a case.” The film began principal photography in Buffalo, New York on May 23.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 31, 2017 12:44:09 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/open-road-sets-supreme-court-justice-biopic-marshall-october-release-970576Open Road Sets Supreme Court Justice Biopic ‘Marshall’ for October Release Chadwick Boseman portrays Thurgood Marshall in the Reginald Hudlin-helmed drama. Open Road Films is appointing its Supreme Court Justice biopic Marshall into theaters in October. Chadwick Boseman stars in the drama as groundbreaking attorney and justice Thurgood Marshall. Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Sterling K. Brown and Keesha Sharp are also featured in the cast. The film is set for nationwide release on Oct. 13. Paula Wagner produced the film through her Chestnut Ridge Productions banner along with Jonathan Sanger and Hudlin.
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