Selma
One dream can change the world.
Country
Production
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$66 787 908
Director
Actors
David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, André Holland, Colman Domingo, Common, Stephan James, Omar J. Dorsey
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Paul Webb, Ava DuVernay
Producer
Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Christian Colson, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Cameron McCracken, Ava DuVernay, Paul Goodwin Garnes, Diarmuid McKeown, Nan Morales
Camera operator
Composer
Jason Moran
Artist
Audition
Aisha Coley
Editing
Spencer Averick
Whole Team (42)
Whole Team (42)
Short description
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
What's left behind the scenes
- Until July 2013, the project was on hold, until Ava DuVernay signed on to direct it after rewriting the screenplay with its original author, Paul Webb.
- Principal photography began on May 20, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia, while filming in Selma, Alabama was scheduled for June 23-26.
- Film development began in 2008, and by late 2009, Lee Daniels began negotiations to direct. However, Daniels left the project in the summer to film “The Butler”.
- David Oyelowo was the only actor to carry over from the planned 2010 project to the 2014 version. Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman, Cedric “The Entertainer,” Lenny Kravitz, and Liam Neeson, who were cast in 2010, left the project.
- It turned out that the heirs of Martin Luther King Jr. had already sold the rights to use King’s speeches on human rights to the film companies “DreamWorks” and “Warner Brothers” for use in a future biopic. For this film, director Ava DuVernay wrote new versions of these King speeches.
- Development of the film began in 2008, and in late 2009, Lee Daniels entered negotiations to direct. However, Daniels left the project in the summer to film The Butler.
- The project remained in a frozen state until July 2013, when Ava DuVernay signed on to direct after rewriting the script with its original author, Paul Webb.
- David Oyelowo was the only actor to carry over from the 2010 plan to the 2014 project. Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman, Cedric the Entertainer, Lenny Kravitz, and Liam Neeson, who were cast in 2010, left the project.
- It emerged that Martin Luther King Jr.'s heirs had already sold the rights to use King's civil rights speeches to DreamWorks and Warner Bros. for use in a future biopic. For this film, director Ava DuVernay wrote new versions of these speeches.
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