Paul Greengrass' 'Memphis': Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie Back On

Martin Luther King, Jr. is the subject of Paul Greengrass' upcoming film, "Memphis."

Almost two years ago, director and screenwriter Paul Greengrass announced plans to make a film called "Memphis." Now, Deadline reports that Greengrass is back at it with plans for "Memphis" to be his next project.

Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum") wrote the script for "Memphis," which was to focus on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- specifically in the time leading up to his death. The civil rights leader spent these days working to organize Memphis' sanitation workers.

NYMag had previously reported that Greengrass would be working with producer Scott Rudin ("Moneyball") on the film.

Deadline calls the script "Oscar caliber stuff that was a powerful testament to King?s struggle and his sacrifice."

For more, head over to Deadline.

[via Deadline]

• I Have A Dream (1963)

  "I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.

• I've Been To The Mountaintop (1968)

  "I've Been to the Mountaintop" is the popular name of the last speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech primarily concerns the Memphis Sanitation Strike. King calls for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, and challenges the United States to live up to its ideals. At the end of the speech, he discusses the possibility of an untimely death.

• Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence (1967)

  By 1967, King had become the country's most prominent opponent of the Vietnam War, and a staunch critic of overall U.S. foreign policy, which he deemed militaristic. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech delivered at New York's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967 -- a year to the day before he was murdered -- King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

• We Shall Overcome (1966)

• How Long? Not Long! (1965)

  "How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after the successful completion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. The speech is also sometimes referred to as "Our God Is Marching On!"

• Drum Major Instinct Pt. 1 (1967)

  In his last sermon -- "The Drum Major Instinct," Dr. King encouraged his congregation to seek greatness, but to do so through service and love.

• Drum Major Instinct Pt. 2 (1967)

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/17/paul-greengrass-memphis-movie-mlk_n_2151796.html

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