Russell Crowe, David Oyelowo In Talks To Do Court Room Drama ‘Arc of Justice’Posted by Wilson Morales
May 8, 2017
Source: Variety
Variety is reporting that Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) and David Oyelowo (“Selma”) are in talks to do “Arc of Justice,” which is based on the groundbreaking Clarence Darrow-Ossian Sweet civil rights cases.
Based on Kevin Boyle’s book “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age,” the true story centers on a racial incident in 1925 Detroit that put African American doctor Ossian Sweet (Oyelowo) on the stand for murder. His defense was funded by the nascent National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and led by Darrow (Crowe).
“Narcos” helmer Jose Padilha is directing from a script written by Max Borenstein and Rodney Barnes.
The Mark Gordon Company will handle the financing with Gordon, Borenstein, Hawk Koch, and Matt Jackson producing the film and Josh Clay Phillips overseeing the production.
Oyelowo most recently starred as King Seretse Khama of Botswana in Fox Searchlight’s “A United Kingdom,” directed by Amma Asante. He will be seen next in the latest film in the “Cloverfield” franchise, opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Crowe, whose upcoming film is “The Mummy” as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is no stranger to biopics, having portrayed boxer Jimmy Braddock in “Cinderella Man” and mathematician John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind,” which earned him an Oscar nomination.
