Steve James Vows To Finish ‘Life Itself,’ The Roger Ebert Documentary

Posted on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 by Germain Lussier

Despite the terrible news of legendary film critic Roger Ebert‘s passing, the film about the man himself will go on. Steve James, the Oscar-nominated director of Hoop Dreams, took to Twitter to tell everyone that despite the tragic news, he and producers Martin Scorsese and Steve Zaillian will finish Life Itself, a documentary on the life of Roger Ebert based on his memoir of the same title.

We are devastated. But we will continue. We will finish the film.

— Life Itself (@EbertDoc) April 4, 2013

Zaillian, James and Scorsese optioned the memoir in 2012 and have been working on the documentary ever since; up until this point, they’ve been working with Ebert’s full cooperation.  Read More »

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Roger Ebert’s Memoir Optioned by Steve James and Steven Zaillian; Martin Scorsese To Produce

Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2012 by Germain Lussier

The world’s most famous film critic is having a documentary made about him by some of the most famous filmmakers around. Documentarian Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List) have optioned the rights to Ebert’s 2011 memoir, Life Itself. Martin Scorsese will executive produce. Read more after the jump. Read More »

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