Chris Columbus ventures on THE LAST CAMPAIGN
Robert F. Kennedy's U.S. Presidency campaign, 82 days that inspired America.
Kennedy's campaign was famously built on idealistic values of racism, poverty and putting an end to the severely unpopular Vietnam war.
Columbus will write the adaptation and may bring in a co-scribe at a later date. He has just finished filming his next movie I Love You, Beth Cooper - a comedy starring Hayden Panettiere as the hottest girl in school which is due out next year.
Michael Barnham, co-producer of the project told Variety...
"Chris was inspired by the fearlessness Robert showed in those 82 days," Barnathan said.
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Such fearless included Kennedy's impromptu speech wide in the open immediately after he heard the news of the assassination of one of his great personal icons, Martin Luther King.
Most recently, Emilio Estevez directed an ensemble movie surrounding the death of Kennedy with the 2006 drama Bobby.