Halle Berry To Star As Texas Lawyer In 'Tulia'

[Thursday, January 29th, 2004]
Halle Berry is set to topline as a lawyer in Tulia, said to be a cross between Traffic and Erin Brockovich, according to Variety.

Berry is going to portray a lawyer investigating an infamous Texas drug bust, the NAACP's key attorney in a case involving the 1999 arrests of 10% of the black population of Tulia, Texas.

The arrests did not produce drugs or money, causing prosecutors and civil rights groups to denounce the bust as racial profiling. The undercover agent who conducted the bust was indicted for perjury; most of the 46 arrestees were pardoned by Texas Gov. Rick Perry last year.

Tulia, which has been in development at Paramount-based Tollin/Robbins for several years, will be directed by one of the partners, Mike Tollin or Brian Robbins. The duo credit baseball icon Henry Aaron for getting the project off the ground.

Halle Berry is currently shooting Catwoman in Toronto.

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