Howard & Silberling In 'The Crusaders' Talks
[Wednesday, December 7th, 2005]
Actor Terrence Howard and director Brad Silberling are both in talks for New Line Cinemas drama The Crusaders, says the Hollywood Reporter.The feature is based on a 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.
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