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KC Johnson: An HBO movie in his future

Variety reports today that HBO has acquired the rights to Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case by Stuart Taylor, Jr., and our colleague, KC Johnson. Alixandre Witten and Josh Maurer, who produced"The Pentagon Papers" and"Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" for HBO, will be the executive producers of its film on the Duke lacrosse case. Casting begins in comments at Cliopatria!

Read entire article at Ralph Luker at HNN blog, Cliopatria