Variety is reporting that Michael B. Jordan has signed on to star in the legal drama Just Mercy, which is based upon Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, and is being eyed for an early 2018 shoot by Warner Bros.
The official Amazon description for the book reads: “Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.”
Jordan will next be seen in Marvel’s Black Panther and HBO’s Fahrenheit 451, while he is also set to reprise the role of Adonis Creed for Sylvester Stallone’s Creed 2, which he is expected to shoot after Just Mercy.
Originally published December 2, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
