Universal has discarded plans to make "Memphis," director Paul Greengrass's take on the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, TheWrap has confirmed.
The studio wanted to get the movie into theaters by Martin Luther King Day — the third Monday of January — 2012. Getting the many elements in place in time proved too ambitious and the studio decided not to go forward.
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Greengrass also wrote the script.
"Memphis" briefly returned Greengrass to Universal. He directed the Studio's "Green Zone" in 2010, "The Bourne Ultimatum" in 2007, "United 93" in 2006 and "The Bourne Supremacy" in 2004.
Scott Rudin was set to produce.
Deadline originally reported the story.