Warner Bros. is Making a Mike Brown Movie in the Vein of ‘Crash’

[satam55]

Warner Bros. is developing a movie about the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, as the studio has acquired his mother Lezley McSpadden’s memoir TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL, the Tracking Board has exclusively learned.

Brown was just 18 years old when he was fatally shot by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson after reportedly robbing a convenience store on August 9, 2014. The incident exposed racial tensions simmering beneath the surface of the city, where protests and civil unrest quickly erupted, sparking national debate about the relationship between African-American citizens and local law enforcement.

Brown was unarmed at the time of the shooting, but the U.S. Department of Justice found that witnesses who said Brown had his hands up in surrender were not deemed credible, and a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict Wilson. The officer was exonerated of criminal wrongdoing by the DOJ, which ruled that Wilson shot Brown in self-defense.

Insiders say that Warner Bros. aims to develop a drama that is tonally and thematically similar to Crash, which won Best Picture in 2005. The studio is currently seeking a writer to adapt the book, which McSpadden co-wrote with novelist Lyah Beth LeFlore.

Simon and Schuster published Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown last year, and several studios showed interest in tackling the challenging but important subject matter. Warner Bros. came out on top, and insiders suggest the studio is eager to hire a writer of color to tackle this sensitive project, which would certainly be the smart move.

McSpadden went on to become the founder of The Michael O. D. Brown We Love Our Sons & Daughters Foundation, an organization that advocates for justice, improving health, advancing education, and strengthening families. She also founded its signature program, Rainbow of Mothers, which was established to support mothers who have suffered the devastating loss of a child.

 

[Blankthawtz]

 

[Poitier]

Continually profiting off our pain.

I wonder how much his mother gets from selling the rights to her memoir? I hope she cashes out at least.

Its imperative a Black non-c00n produces this.

 

[TRY GOD]

Terrible Idea, they gunna try and paint that cracker fakkit as a confused and tragic figure. And who knows how they are gunna do brown. DO NOT SUPPORT, PROTEST AND BOYCOTT

 

[SirReginald]

If Hollywood plans to capitalize off of this I hope the family gets 70% of the profits

 

[Negus in Detroit]

I hope they don't go through with this something just doesn't feel right about make a movie on that specifically

 

[Ol’Otis]

They're gonna add a homosexuality scene to this

 

[Freedman]

Fruitvale Station ??

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

No justice. CACs kill us and then make money off our emotions and his dead body. Whoever watches this shyt is dumb as fukk.

 

[It is a mystery]

i say we wait and see before getting mad. The family may make a grip off the rights to this, and actually showing this if done correctly can sway all the confused napolean type people in the world who initially sided against him

lets be reality the media portrayal of the case and subsequent events in feurgesen is already garbage. This can only make it better

 

[Ski Mask]

The Mike Brown story, starring

as mike brown and

as darren wilson

 

[Oran "Juice" Jones]

I only support it cause I want his mom to get paid.

Movies like this ignore the bigger issue of systematic racism. They gonna pain it like this was just some unfortunate incident between two people. They're gonna gloss over all the fukked up shyt the police were doing (and still are doing) to Ferguson's black community as a whole.

 

[Ezigbo Nwanyi]

disrespectful ass shyt.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Wouldn't go pay to see it.

 

[TRY GOD]

The family already got paid.



And besides, is this what we are reduced to? Allowing exploitation as long as the family gets paid



This is no longer about mike browns family at this point. Re-live the pain that sparked off so much turmoil and give rich crackers your money while doing it?




No thanks