Spencer & Jordan Visit FriutVale

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer ("The Help") and Michael B. Jordan are in talks to star in the indie drama "Fruitvale" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Ryan Coogler wrote and will direct the film about the shooting of Oscar Grant (Jordan), a 22-year-old black man detained on New Year’s Day 2009 by the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police

Grant was shot in the back and killed, with the event captured by cell phone cameras. The subsequent trial and its verdict led to protests and riots.

Spencer would play Grant's tough and protective mother.

Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang will produce the film

This pic is quite timely in the shadow of the shooting of Trayvon Martin case

Production hpoes to begin this July in Northern California.