Relativity Picks Up Black and White, starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer Posted by Wilson Morales
October 17, 2014
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Relativity is wrapping a deal to acquire U.S. rights to Black Or White, the Mike Binder-directed drama that stars Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Mackie, and Andre Holland.
The film recently had its World Premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was known as Black and White.
Also featured in the film are Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho, Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle, and Jillian Estell.
An attorney (Kevin Costner) struggling to raise his biracial granddaughter after the deaths of his wife and daughter becomes embroiled in a custody battle with the child’s paternal grandmother (Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer).
Having already mourned the death of his daughter, New Orleans attorney Elliot Anderson (Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner) is dealt a staggering blow when his beloved wife is killed in a car crash. Elliot had been raising his biracial granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell) with his wife, and now, in the midst of his terrible grief, he’s blindsided with a custody suit: Eloise’s African-American grandmother, Rowena (Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer), is demanding that Eloise be placed in the care of her father, a reckless drug addict whom Elliot still holds partly responsible for his daughter’s demise.
