Aaron Sorkin’s next project has been announced.
The veteran screenwriter who created The West Wing and The Newsroom delved into directing last year when he brought the true story of Olympic skier turned poker game madam, Molly Bloom, to life in Molly’s Game.
He is now set to try his hand at another film based on a trial.
Despite penning the script for Chicago 7, the film was originally set to be directed by Steven Spielberg. A writers strike delayed production, with the Ready Player One filmmaker moving on when a new date could not be settled. Paul Greengrass of The Bourne Supremacy was then attached, but budget disagreements meant he, too, left the project.
Sorkin has now signed on to direct the film he wrote which is based on the infamous 1969 trial of 7 defendants who were charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the counter-cultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
This is America star, Sacha Baron Cohen, is in early discussions to join the cast.
