Freedom Riders movie production status is currently Development
January 16, 2009 • Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'
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Plot: What's the story about?
Described as "the Freedom Riders of the 1960s done as an action movie." It chronicles civil rights activists' harrowing ride on buses through the South that escalated to a point where segregationists threw Molotov cocktails at them.
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Who stars in Freedom Riders: Cast List
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Who's making Freedom Riders: Crew List
A look at the Freedom Riders behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Wayne Kramer last directed Crossing Over and Running Scared. The film's writer Wayne Kramer last wrote Crossing Over and Running Scared.
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Production: What we know about Freedom Riders?
Key Facts
- Based on portions of Raymond Arsenault's book "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice."
Filming Timeline
- 2009 - January: The film was set to Development status.
Freedom Riders Release Date: When is the film coming out?
Freedom Riders is coming out as a release To Be Announced (TBA). There are 9,434 other movies coming out on the same date, including The Rosie Project, Praise This and Shrek 5.