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Xosha Roquemore of The Mindy Project has joined the cast of Brian Banks, the drama recounting the true story of the wrongful imprisonment and exoneration of the onetime high school football prodigy.

Tom Shadyac is directing the feature, making it his first directorial project since 2003’s Bruce Almighty and 2007’s Evan Almighty. Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear and Tiffany Dupont are also among the cast, and Doug Atchison wrote the script. The project was originally incubated through Amy Baer’s development fund Gidden Media, and Baer will produce alongside ShivHans Pictures’ Shivani Rawat and Monica Levinson. Banks, Justin Brooks and Neil Strum are...

Tiffany Dupont has joined the cast of Brian Banks, the drama recounting the true story of the wrongful imprisonment and exoneration of the one-time high school football prodigy.

Tom Shadyac is directing the feature, making it his first directorial project since 2003’s Bruce Almighty and 2007’s Evan Almighty. Aldis Hodge and Greg Kinnear are also among the cast, and Doug Atchison wrote the script. The project was originally incubated through Amy Baer’s development fund Gidden Media, and Baer will produce alongside ShivHans Pictures’ Shivani Rawat and Monica Levinson. Banks, Justin Brooks and Neil Strum are executive producers.

Brian Banks centers on the titular...

Tom Shadyac is set to direct Brian Banks, a drama recounting the true story of the wrongful imprisonment and exoneration of the one-time high school football prodigy.

Shadyac will helm the film from a script by Doug Atchison. The project was originally incubated through Amy Baer’s development fund Gidden Media, and Baer will produce alongside ShivHans Pictures’ Shivani Rawat and Monica Levinson. Banks, Atchison, Justin Brooks and Neal Strum are executive producers. Production will begin later this summer.

Brian Banks centers on the titular high-school football player who was committed to USC by his junior year. His life was upended in...

Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels has signed on to The Brian Banks Story for Amy Baer‘s Gidden Media. The project, which is out to writers, will be produced by Baer and directed by Daniels. Justin Brooks and Neil Strum are executive producing. Profiled in a 60 Minutes piece, Banks was an high school All-America football player who had committed to USC’s prestigious program in 2002, but his life was turned upside down when a classmate falsely accused him of rape. He maintained his innocence, but a hasty plea bargain resulted in a five-year-plus prison sentence. With the help of the California […]...

Lee Daniels has signed on to direct The Brian Banks Story, a film based on the true story of an All-American high school football player who was accused of rape, and spent five years in prison before his conviction was overturned. The project, which is currently out to writers, will be produced by Amy Baer and executive produced by Justin Brooks and Neil Strum. Photos 'Lee Daniels' The Butler's' Iconic Looks Designed for Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda Oscar-nominated Daniels most recently helmed Lee Daniels' The Butler, which earned more than $167 million worldwide. Banks' story, which was profiled

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Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels has signed on to develop and direct “The Brian Banks Story” for Gidden Media, it was announced Wednesday by producer Amy Baer. The project, currently out to writers, will be executive produced by Justin Brooks and Neil Strum. The subject of a 2012 “60 Minutes” piece, “The Brian Banks Story” tells the harrowing tale of Brian Banks, an All-American high school football player who had committed to USC's prestigious football program in 2002. His life was upended when a classmate falsely accused him of rape. Banks maintained his innocence, but a hasty plea-bargain resulted in Brian serving...