Anthony Mackie badly wants to play Jesse Owens, the sprinter whose four gold medal
performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics infuriated and demoralized Adolf Hitler and
put the lie to his theory that the Germans were the superior race. Mackie got together
with his We Are Marshall writer Jamie Linden, and together they are producing an Owens
film that was scripted by George Olson under their supervision. With longtime manager
and producing partner Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment, they will shortly shop the
script in hopes of fast tracking a feature that will focus on the run-up to the 1936 games,
and the profound impact that the performance by Owens had on the world. Hitler refused
to shake his hand, and the racism evident in the U.S. meant that FDR wouldn’t do it in
public, either.Mackie next stars in the John Hillcoat-directed Triple Nine and then in the
Sony Christmas Eve comedy that Jonathan Levine will direct with Seth Rogen and Joseph
Gordon-Levitt. He expects to film the Owens film later this year in Germany.
Source: Deadline
performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics infuriated and demoralized Adolf Hitler and
put the lie to his theory that the Germans were the superior race. Mackie got together
with his We Are Marshall writer Jamie Linden, and together they are producing an Owens
film that was scripted by George Olson under their supervision. With longtime manager
and producing partner Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment, they will shortly shop the
script in hopes of fast tracking a feature that will focus on the run-up to the 1936 games,
and the profound impact that the performance by Owens had on the world. Hitler refused
to shake his hand, and the racism evident in the U.S. meant that FDR wouldn’t do it in
public, either.Mackie next stars in the John Hillcoat-directed Triple Nine and then in the
Sony Christmas Eve comedy that Jonathan Levine will direct with Seth Rogen and Joseph
Gordon-Levitt. He expects to film the Owens film later this year in Germany.
Source: Deadline