• '42' Trailer And Featurette: America's Racial History Is No Game

    The story of Jackie Robinson is one of the most important stories in sports history, but it is also one of the most important social stories of the 20th century. As the first black ballplayer in Major League Baseball, Robinson became one of the focal points at an early stage in the ever-evolving shift in…

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  • '42' Trailer: The Life And Times Of Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson

    If ever the story of an athlete deserved to be told in a major motion picture, it's the story of Jackie Robinson. The man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball not only broke cultural and social ground; he was one of the best people to ever play the game of baseball. In…

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  • Release Dates: 'Lego 3D,' '42' And Three Weinstein Company Animated Films

    Get out that red pen and mark your calendar as several major movies just got release dates. The biggest one is Lego 3D, written and directed by 21 Jump Street helmers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and co-directed by Chris McKay, which is now scheduled for February 14, 2014. 42, the Jackie Robinson biopic starring Harrison Ford…

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  • Harrison Ford Up For Jackie Robinson Film '42'

    Robert Redford? Nope. Jack Nicholson? Nope. Now Harrison Ford is Legendary Pictures' target to play the leading role of Branch Rickey, the Los Angeles Dodgers executive credited with signing Jackie Robinson and breaking baseball's color barrier, in the film 42, written and directed by Brian Helgeland. Ford has yet to sign but, according to reports,…

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  • Jack Nicholson Offered Jackie Robinson Biopic '42'

    The dramatic, inspirational story of Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball's first black player, seems so ripe for a Hollywood adaptation that it's a little surprising we haven't seen the story hit the big screen in some time. Filmmakers have certainly tried -- Spike Lee had a biopic in the works at one point, and Robert…

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