Casting: Merciful Lawyer and Fighter for Star Trek 3
As it became known to the information portal Variety , Broad Green Pictures , in a competition, acquired the rights to film the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption . The main role in the film went to Michael B. Jordan , and Destin Cretton was placed in the director's chair of the project.The novel is based on the life story of the lawyer Brian Stevenson - the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative movement, which advocates the same protection in court for all people, regardless of their financial well-being. age, gender and race. One of the first works of Stevenson was the case of Walter McMillian - a young man sentenced to death for murder. However, the defendant himself denied his guilt in every possible way. It was this case that forever changed the attorney's opinion about compassion and the American justice system. The adaptation of Stevenson's memoirs is being handled by Cretton and Andrew Lanham.  Michael B. Jordan caught the attention of Hollywood bosses after the drama Fruitvale Station premiered. Now the actor is preparing for the premiere of two films with his participation at once - the blockbuster "Fantastic Four" and the sequel "Rocky". The same source reports that Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel / Bates Motel ) and Virginia Madsen (The East End Witches / Witches of East End ) have signed up for the comedy-drama Burn Your Maps , which will begin filming next month. Jordan Roberts, best known for his work on the animated feature City of Heroes, will direct the film. He also wrote the script for the project, which is an adaptation of the story by Robin Joy Leff .   In the center of the action is an eight-year-old boy who one day tells his parents that he really should have been herding goats in Mongolia and was just born at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Soon, life brings the child to the same lost Indian filmmaker, and the strange couple embarks on a long journey together to the East - the place where they are destined to be.Suraj Sharma and Jacob Tremblay will play the main roles in the film.  Finally, Indonesian actor and martial artist Joe Taslim (Fast and Furious 6) has joined the cast of Star Trek 3 , which is currently filming in Vancouver. In the third part of the franchise, viewers will see both familiar characters performed by Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban and John Cho, and newcomers in the person of Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella. The role played by Taslim has not yet been announced. However, insiders claim that his hero will confront the main antagonist of the triquel, who will be played by Elba . The Topic of Article: Casting: Merciful Lawyer and Fighter for Star Trek 3. |
