History To Overcome

Amid his current wild success with Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Lee Daniels is in negotiations to direct the drama "Selma," says Variety.

Paul Webb wrote the much talked about script about the historic Selma to Montgomery march of 1965 in the Alabama town that marked the political and emotional peak of the Civil Rights Movement.



The cast and budget are being worked on as this posts.

Christian Colson ("Slumdog Millionaire") will produce with filming kicking off in early Spring.