{"id":70729,"date":"2014-12-18T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/12\/18\/justin-simien-to-direct-anthony-mackie-in-paramounts-make-a-wish\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:53:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:53:31","slug":"justin-simien-to-direct-anthony-mackie-in-paramounts-make-a-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/justin-simien-to-direct-anthony-mackie-in-paramounts-make-a-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Simien To Direct Anthony Mackie In Paramount’s ‘Make A Wish’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Simien To Direct Anthony Mackie In Paramount’s ‘Make A Wish’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

December 18, 2014<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dear White People<\/strong> director Justin Simien<\/strong> will have Anthony Mackie<\/strong> as his lead star for his next feature, Make A Wish<\/strong>, a spec package that Paramount Pictures has picked up, reports Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Written by Zach Frenkel<\/strong>, Mackie will play Butchie Jones, a football star who wants to grant the final wish of a dying 14-year-old who adores the gridironer. It\u2019s not an easy wish, though; the kid wants the football star to help him score before he died.<\/p>\n

The sites states that Robert Teitel<\/strong> and Jason Spire<\/strong> will produce it and Mackie will be executive producer along with Jason Newman<\/strong> and Jason Weinberg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Simien, a former publicist at Paramount, Simien, received Independent Spirit and Gotham Award nominations for Best Director for his feature debut and Sundance prize-winning film ‘Dear White People.’<\/p>\n

Mackie was seen earlier this year as The Falcon in Captain America: Winter Soldier<\/strong> and will next appear in Mike Binder’s ‘Black or White’<\/strong> with Octavia Spencer<\/strong> and Andre Holland<\/strong>. He just finished shooting the comedy film ‘Xmas,’<\/strong> opposite Seth Rogen<\/strong> and Joseph Gordon-Levitt<\/strong>, and the John Hillcoat<\/strong>-directed thriller ‘999’<\/strong> opposite Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor<\/strong> and Teresa Palmer<\/strong>. He recently started production on ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’<\/strong> opposite Sandra Bullock<\/strong> for Warner Bros.<\/p>\n

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