From a spec script by David McMillan, the Johnnie Cochran biopic will be produced by Anthony Mackie alongside Robbie Brenner, Jeff Kwatinetz, Kevin McKeon and Jason Spire.
First announced earlier this year, a Johnnie Cochran biopic is on the way that has Anthony Mackie (Triple 9, Captain America: Civil War) attached to headline as the famous litigator.
Although his name has become synonymous with the landmark O.J. Simpson murder trial in the mid 1990s, the Johnnie Cochran biopic will look back further, focusing on the 1983 Ron Settles case.
Deadline today reports that the project has today found a director with The Other Boleyn Girl and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’s Justin Chadwick signing on to helm.