The Paul Greengrass version of events preceding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King (aka The Shaky-Cam Version) is on the ropes….
Universal has officially dropped Paul Greengrass’ latest docudrama, Memphis, which was gearing up to begin production this summer – in order to reach theaters by the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend of 2012.Uncertainty about the project being ready in time for a January 2012 release is the official explanation for Universal’s decision to neither finance or distribute Memphis, a historical drama that will examine the days in Dr. King’s life preceding his assassination in 1968.
Deadline is reporting that it’s heard whisperings about the King estate not approving of Memphis and threatening to make its criticisms public if Universal moved forward with the project. Similar rumors popped up last fall when the currently defunct Selma, from director Lee Daniels (Precious), failed to get off the ground as well, and there’s been speculation that the King family is holding out for DreamWorks’ long-gestating MLK biopic to arrive first.

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