‘The Defender’: Searchlight Pictures Picks Up Sterling K. Brown’s Scipio Africanus Jones Film!!

Searchlight Pictures has acquired the right to The Defender. The upcoming film currently has Sterling K. Brown attached to play Scipio Africanus Jones – an African American lawyer, judge, and philanthropist. The script was penned by E. Nicholas Mariani and currently has George Tillman Jr. attached as director. Tillman Jr. is best known for directing the Barbershop film series, The Hate U Give, Notorious, and … Continue reading ‘The Defender’: Searchlight Pictures Picks Up Sterling K. Brown’s Scipio Africanus Jones Film!!

2018 Black List Led by Biopics About Founders of Snapchat, Drudge Report, Samuel L. Jackson and Others!!

Franklin Leonard has unveiled the 2018 Black List, which chronicles the most liked unproduced screenplays in a given calendar year, as voted on by over 300 industry executives. This year’s list— the 13th edition—features a slew of biopics, including scripts about the founders of Snapchat and the Drudge Report, as well as embattled sports reporter A.J. Daulerio, astronaut Sally Ride, the infamous Colonel Custer, media … Continue reading 2018 Black List Led by Biopics About Founders of Snapchat, Drudge Report, Samuel L. Jackson and Others!!