Academy Awards Co-Producer "Reginald Hudlin" Announced He Will Be Directing New Thurgood Marshall Biopic

Will This Show Real Facts About Him?

BHR Hollywood Reports........When Academy Awards co-producer Reginald Hudlin first read the script for the upcoming biopic Marshall, based on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, he jumped at the opportunity to sign on as director.

“I’ve always been a huge Thurgood Marshall fan,” he told reports of his decision to co-produce the film.

“He is a man who made America fulfill its promise of being a great nation.

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He’s one of our country’s greatest heroes because he’s a fighter for justice – it’s an important story to tell.

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” He continued, “This script popped out to me because it wasn’t the story that we’ve heard before.”

For those playing catch up, the upcoming film focuses on an important case in SCJ Marshall’s early career.

In the film, Marshall defends a Black chauffeur accused of sexual assault and attempted murder by his rich employer.

Marshall teams up with an unlikely partner, a Jewish lawyer who’s never tried a case. Together,

The dynamic duo fight for justice in a trial that would eventually lay the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement.