Jackman plans movie on Martin Luther King
August 2nd, 2012 - 5:13 am ICT by IANSLondon, Auig 2 (IANS) Actor Hugh Jackman is working on an untitled movie about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jackman has collaborated with filmmaker Lee Daniels for the movie, reports contactmusic.com.
Millennium Films will produce and finance the film, although a distributor has not been confirmed.
The movie will tell the tale of William Peppe, played by Jackman , an attorney who said that Martin’s killer James Earl Ray did not shoot him.
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