Free State of Jones Movie Updates

Sun., Mar. 29, 2015

from STX Entertainment

• added a photo to the film's gallery
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• added a synopsis

• Set during the Civil War, The Free State of Jones tells the story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.
  
  Banding together with other small farmers, and with the assistance... show all of local slaves, Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones.
  
  His marriage to a former slave, Rachel, and his subsequent establishment of a mixed race community was unique in the post-war South.
  
  Knight continued his struggle into Reconstruction, which distinguished him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long beyond the War.

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Wed., Feb. 25, 2015

from STX Entertainment

STX Entertainment

• added true story as genre
• added Mahershala Ali as Moses Washington to credits
• added Keri Russell as Serena Knight to credits
• changed the production status to Production
• added IMDb link
• changed the US film release date from TBA to March 11, 2016
• added Gary Ross as director to credits
• added STX Entertainment as a distributor
• changed the title from "Free State of Jones" to "The Free State of Jones"

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Thu., Nov. 13, 2014

• added STX Entertainment as a production company
• added Larger Than Life Productions as a production company
• added Scott Stuber as producer to credits
• added Gary Ross as screenwriter and producer to credits
• added a synopsis
• Set during the Civil War, Newton Knight defects from the Confederate Army, bands together with a group of like-minded soldiers, and set out to form their own State known as the Free State Of Jones.
• added drama as genre
• added Matthew McConaughey as actor to credits
• changed the production status to Development
• created the movie profile