Two-time Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson is being eyed to play President Lyndon B. Johnson alongside David Oyelowo in Ava DuVernay’s MLK movie “Selma,” an individual familiar with the Paramount project told TheWrap.
Paramount had no comment, while a representative for Wilkinson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Oprah Winfrey is producing with Brad Pitt and his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, as well as Christian Coulson and Pathe’s Cameron McCracken.
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The drama follows MLK’s landmark 1965 voting rights campaign, which is regarded as the peak of the civil rights movement.