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Truth, Justice and the American Way

George Reeves as SUPERMAN
© N/A

Genre:
Drama/Bio

Studio:
n/a.

Production Company:
Focus Features, Back Lot Pictures

Project Phase:
Development.

Who's In It:
Ben Affleck (George Reeves); Diane Lane (Toni Mannix); Adrian Brody (Detective)

Who's Making It:
Allen Coulter (Director); Howard Korder, Paul Bernbaum (Original script) (Screenwriter); Glenn Williamson (Producers)

Premise:
The story centers on a detective in Los Angeles trying to solve Reeves' mysterious death. Reeves met a tragic, mysterious end in 1959 after years portraying TV's Superman.

Release Date:
n/a

Comments:
This project has been in development for a few years. It was first set up in late 2001 at USA Films. Next the project moved to Miramax Films in June 2002.

Scoop Feedback:

February 22, 2005... Variety reports that none other than Ben Affleck will play George Reeves in Focus Features' "Truth, Justice and the American Way." The story centers on a detective in Los Angeles trying to solve Reeves' mysterious death. Reeves met a tragic, mysterious end in 1959 after years portraying TV's Superman. Diane Lane will also star in the film as Toni Mannix, the wife of a Hollywood executive who might have been linked to Reeves romantically. And Adrian Brody will play the detective. Allen Coulter is directing from a script by Paul Bernbaum and rewritten by Howard Korder.