Two years ago, Justin Lin was the man for the directing gig for a film based on the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers charged with beating the late Rodney King.
Prior to that, Spike Lee was once the man for the job several years ago, but he couldn’t get the project financed. So consider this yet another story Spike Lee wanted to tell on film but didn’t get the opportunity to, although unlike the others (films on Jackie Robinson and James Brown to start), this one will be directed by a black filmmaker.
Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer have tapped John Ridley to direct the film from his own script…
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