Paul Greengrass is reportedly considering an MLK drama he's written called Memphis, which would be produced by Scott Rudin. I'm told it's by no means definite, but if Vulture's scoop happens -- it will happen fast, and will be done down and dirty like Greengrass's United 93. It could push him past several percolating MLK projects, including: Lee Daniels' Selma; a Ronald Harwood-scripted drama at DreamWorks that has Steven Spielberg producing and is authorized by MLK's estate; and the HBO mini that Harpo Films is doing based on Taylor Branch's book trilogy. There is also the film Wesley Snipes signed on to produce (before heading to prison) about J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to discredit MLK...
I'm really happy to hear that these projects are coming from really good sources. There is controversy with The Social Network which just happened yesterday and all parties are still alive with historical projects there are artistic liberties taken as well as voices of dissention and bad memories and things passed down from one generation to the other and I'm hoping things can be as factual as possible without forgetting the emotion or making everyone hate whites and stirring up a lot of racism.
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