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DreamWorks and Warner Bros. Join Forces for MLK Project
Source: THR
In a rare and mostly unheard-of move, two studios have decided to forgo their separate Martin Luther King, Jr. projects in favor of joining forces to create what we will now affectionately dub a "superproject". DreamWorks and Warner Bros. Pictures have each had their own MLK biopics in development for years, but recently the two major studios - rather than try to compete - have decided to share resources and come together to create a much stronger film that honors the truly great man.
DreamWorks has held the rights to King's life story since 2009, when they purchased the film rights as well as King's intellectual property (i.e. his inspirational "I Have a Dream..." speech), and ensured the cooperation and endorsement of King's estate. On the other side, Warner Bros. has put nearly three-and-a-half years of in-depth research and hard work into their planned biopic, penned by 'The Score' writer Kario Salem and pulled from a variety of interviews and articles. While they've both been quietly working on their own films, other companies have been much more vocal about their attempts, including the Paul Greengrass film 'Memphis' which Universal recently backed out of, putting the film on hold indefinitely. So, in a "you got your peanut butter in my chocolate" scenario, both Warner Bros. and DreamWorks made the decision to pool their resources and draft a new film that combines Salem's heavy research with the backing of the King estate.
Dexter King, Bernice King and Martin Luther King II will be exec producing the film, which will be co-financed and distributed jointly by the two companies.
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Comment by Einrick Quiznos on May 2, 2011 at 11:41pm -
So it's a "superproject", eh? I'm assuming they're capitalizing on the Avengers movie idea that Marvel's attempting. Will be interesting to see how it turns out; though I'd rather this super project would be about how Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Jimmy Hendrix, and Muhammad Ali form a secret group to save the world from the many evils that threaten it!
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Comment by BILLO DA CHAMPION on May 2, 2011 at 10:54am -
They should get Ving Rhames or Jeffrey Wright should play him
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Comment by John Lemus on May 2, 2011 at 9:44am
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Comment by The Connoisseur on May 2, 2011 at 5:28am -
Shut the fuck up about Osama.
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Comment by The Dork Knight on May 1, 2011 at 11:49pm -
The news about Osama is so overwhelming right now, that I just needed a lot of music and Spill to calm me down. Theres been so many stories and theories about him, that he was more of a myth...and now hes gone. justice served. Now if we can only do the same w/ anyone else like him, maybe we can all be a little bit closer in the World.
So yea, I turned to this page after randomly listening to 'I'll Be Around' by The Spinners..and noticed that theres finally a review for Dylan Dog (which I was too skeptical of seeing this weekend since no review here, and pretty negative reviews from everyone...so I went w/ Fast Five which wasnt too bad.)..so ill be listening to that new review.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on May 1, 2011 at 9:32am -
@mjtfreeze
Why not King's Dream, Birth of the Dream (a little inceptiony), The Dreamer (I admit that one sounds dumb), MLK (that sounds like JFK) or something siimple like The First Steps...
But as the bard said a rose by any other name...
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Comment by mjtfreeze on May 1, 2011 at 8:39am -
Wonder what the title will be called:
I HAVE A DREAM
ONE DAY
THE KINGS SPEECH 2 (only joking)
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on May 1, 2011 at 7:52am -
big budget oscar bait. You don't t see that anymore.
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Comment by Xinmodic on April 30, 2011 at 11:01pm -
I rememver watching it, and thinking it was alright, it was the movie that introduced me into race issuse as a kid, which i think they shouldnt do to kids but whatever, but theres a part where the kid goes back in time and brings MLK to the future to save him (but he was a teen at the time) adn so when they get back every things changed and the worlds all super raciest again, and his best friend who was white is now friends with the racist guy who they both disliked, and all i thought was, why would they be friends just because of this change in time, and seriusly no one would have tryed to change things except MLK, just made me think, i rememberr it was good, but i was little so idk how it would be now
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Comment by The Kid on April 30, 2011 at 9:34pm
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@Boatloads1017 I barely remember it, just got the VHS from the library once and watch only 5 minutes of it. Was the movie good or bad ?
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