Spike TV, which is rebranding as Paramount Network in January of 2018, has ordered Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story as a mini-series. The six-part drama is expected to premiere on Paramount Network in 2018. Shawn Carter, Harvey Weinstein, David C. Glasser, Chachi Senior, Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Jenner Furst, Nick Sandow, Julia Willoughby Nason, and Michael Gasparro are executive producing.Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story is based on the book, Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, by Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, as well as the book Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It, by Lisa Bloom.Read More…...
- 4/11/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Shawn “Jay-z” Carter will team up the Weinstein Company to make a series of documentary projects about the life and death of Trayvon Martin, Variety reports.
The music mogul and the indie distributor won a bidding war for the rights to two books about the 2012 shooting of the unarmed black teenager: “Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It” and “Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin.” The first is by Lisa Bloom, a reporter who covered the trial of George Zimmerman. The second is by Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and tells the story of Martin’s childhood and the impact of his death on the family.
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The music mogul and the indie distributor won a bidding war for the rights to two books about the 2012 shooting of the unarmed black teenager: “Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It” and “Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin.” The first is by Lisa Bloom, a reporter who covered the trial of George Zimmerman. The second is by Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and tells the story of Martin’s childhood and the impact of his death on the family.
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Martin was shot and killed by 28-year-old George Zimmerman, a...
- 3/24/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Jay Z and film studio Weinstein Company are teaming up to helm movie and television projects about Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was killed by George Zimmerman in 2012, Variety reports.
Jay Z recently acquired the rights to two books – Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It by Lisa Bloom and Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin authored by Trayvon's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin – which will serve as the basis for the projects.
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Jay Z recently acquired the rights to two books – Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It by Lisa Bloom and Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin authored by Trayvon's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin – which will serve as the basis for the projects.
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- 3/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
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