E-Paper
It took ‘money’ to get a Harriet Tubman movie made but at least it’s on
A movie about iconic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is in development from Homeland director Seith Mann.
A movie about iconic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is in development from Homeland director Seith Mann.
The project has a working title of Harriet, reports deadline.com.
Read: Harriet Tubman will be on $20 notes and no one is happier than Oprah
Tubman was born into slavery, escaped in 1849 and made more than a dozen missions to rescue about 70 slaves though the Underground Railroad. She served as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War and campaigned for women’s suffrage.
The US Treasury announced last month that Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in 2020.
Mann will direct from a script by Gregory Allen Howard. Production is expected to begin in early 2017 with Macro and New Balloon co-financing.
Producers are Debra Martin Chase (The Princess Diaries), Gregory Allen Howard (Remember the Titans), Macro founder/CEO Charles D. King, Beasts of No Nation producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Macro’s production president Kim Roth.
Watch a trailer for Seith Mann’s Homeland episode here
Executive producers are New Balloon’s Elizabeth Koch and Kristina Kendall and Macro’s Poppy Hanks and Bill Benenson. Co-producers are Kristen Konvitz and Charles Pugliese.
Follow @htshowbiz for more
