Aaron Sorkin's THE TRIAL OF CHICAGO 7 May Be Headed To Netflix
It looks like Netflix is going to end up picking up Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming film The Trial Of Chicago 7. The movie was supposed to be released domestically later this year by Paramount Pictures, but it looks like this is another movie that they are willing to shed.
According to Deadline, the deal has been in the works “for a little while once it became clear that Paramount was out but it still may not happen because there are a handful of major international markets left to unpick because the streamer wants the world on the film.”
The film recounts “the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The trial transfixed the nation and sparked a conversation about mayhem intended to undermine the U.S. government.”
It also has a great cast that includes Michael Keaton, William Hurt, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Thomas Middleditch and Max Adler.
Keaton is playing Ramsey Clark, who was the judge that oversaw the trial, and Hurt will play John Mitchell, the attorney general at the time. Redmayne will take on the role of Tom Hayden, Baron Cohen will play Abbie Hoffman, Rogen will play Jerry Rubin, Gordon-Levitt will play Richard Schultz, Majors will play Bobby Seale, and Sharp as Rennie Davis. There’s no word on who Middleditch and Adler are playing.
Sorkin wrote and directed the Steven Spielberg-produced film. This is a film that I’ve been looking forward to seeing.