Actor Terrence Howard ("Hustle & Flow", "Four Brothers") and Brad Silberling ("Lemony Snicket") are in negotiations to star in and direct, respectively, "The Crusaders," a drama for New Line Cinema says The Hollywood Reporter.
Written by Lawrence O'Donnell and Paul Redford, "Crusaders" is the true story of Thurgood Marshall as seen through the eyes of Jack Greenberg, a dedicated young lawyer who became the only white member of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and who fought side by side with Marshall in the courts to destroy segregation.
Howard would portray Marshall, who would later become the first black Supreme Court justice. When he worked for the NAACP, Marshall won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court.
Silberling will direct Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega in "Ten Items or Less," an indie drama based on his own script starting in Jnauary, follow that with the drama "Juno", and then start production on "Crusaders" late 2006.
