Memphis Movie Updates
Total Updates: 11
- changed the production status to Development
- changed the status of Universal Pictures to Former
- changed the status of Focus Features to Formerly Rumored
- changed the production status to Pre-Production
- added Universal Pictures as a distributor
- added a synopsis
- A look at Dr. Martin Luther King's life in the spring of 1968, just before his assassination on April 4.
- added Focus Features (Rumored) as a distributor
- added Scott Rudin (In Talks) to the credits
- added Paul Greengrass to the credits
- changed the production status to Development
- created the movie profile
Sat., Apr. 2, 2011
from Deadline
Universal Drops Paul Greengrass' 'Memphis'; Did MLK Estate Pressure Influence Decisio...
Universal Pictures has dropped plans to finance and distribute Memphis, the Paul Greengrass-directed film about the final days and assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Wed., Feb. 23, 2011
from Deadline
Universal Steps Up For Paul Greengrass On Martin Luther King Drama 'Memphis'
Universal Pictures will make Memphis, the drama about the assassination of Martin Luther King written and directed by Paul Greengrass. The picture is being produced by Scott Rudin, the Oscar-nominated producer of Best Picture candidates The Social Network and True Grit. Production on the film is slated to begin in June.
Thu., Jan. 13, 2011
from New York Magazine
Paul Greengrass Readies MLK Assassination Thriller Memphis
This coming Monday marks what would have been the 83rd anniversary of the birth of civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia — and now Vulture hears exclusively that director Paul Greengrass plans to make his next film about the events leading up to King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.