Following last week’s announcement that a film based on his story was in development, today the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released a statement saying that they will do whatever is legally within bounds to ensure that the man at the center of the narrative, 50-year-old Darius McCollum, who has a long history of transit-related crimes, does not profit from the sale of his story to Hollywood. The MTA says that it will try to recoup any money made by McCollum from the feature film titled “Train Man” which currently counts Julia Roberts among its cast, playing his real-life defense attorney (Sally Butler) in the upcoming movie.
The agency says it plans to…
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