Project Updates
Great White Way Helmer to Direct True Crime Saga
Broadway director Kenny Leon (”Fences,” “Raisin in the Sun”) has been tapped to helm “Cotton,” an indie feature based on the memoir by rape victim Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and the man she mistakenly identified, Ronald Cotton. Producers David Friendly, Mark Clayman and Michael Menchel are looking to launch production early next year. Todd Komarnicki (”Elf”) has penned the adaptation. The memoir, “Picking Cotton,” is based on Thompson-Cannino’s rape in 1984, in which she later identified the 22-year-old Cotton as her attacker, leading to his conviction and life sentence. Cotton maintained his innocence and was freed after 11 years, thanks to DNA testing; Thompson-Cannino and Cotton then met, became friends and traveled together through to promote understanding of flaws in the criminal justice system.
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