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Old 10-14-2011, 05:45 PM   #1
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Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...1318587083114A

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Jack Nicholson could be returning to the big screen in a baseball biopic about legendary black player Jackie Robinson.

The 74-year-old, and longtime baseball fan, has apparently been offered a role in the planned film, which will be directed by Brian Helgeland, reported Vulture.
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:37 AM   #2
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Re: Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
so who will play Jackie?
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Old 10-16-2011, 04:23 PM   #3
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so who will play Jackie?
Danny DeVito?
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Old 10-17-2011, 06:50 PM   #4
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so who will play Jackie?
I don't see anything that mentions any names yet.
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Danny DeVito?
Rosie O'Donnell?
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Old 12-11-2011, 10:42 PM   #6
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Re: Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
http://www.examiner.com/movie-news-i...obinson-biopic

Forget Nicholson, the role has now gone to Harrison Ford.

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Legendary Pictures has announced that Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford will headline an upcoming biopic centered around baseball legend Jackie Robinson.

Boseman will star as Robinson, the first African American Major League Baseball player. Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and was instrumental in ending racial segregation in the world of professional baseball.

Ford has been cast as Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who signed Robinson to a minor league contract in 1945 and helped him join the Dodgers two years later.
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Old 12-19-2011, 11:26 PM   #7
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Re: Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
Harrison Ford would be great.
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:54 AM   #9
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Re: Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
I always picture Burgess Meredith as Branch Rickey - obviously that is not an option though.
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Old 09-24-2012, 10:02 PM   #10
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Re: Jack Nicholson to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic?
The first trailer has been released

42 OFFICIAL TRAILER (2013) - Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Alan Tudyk - MOVIE HD - YouTube
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It was really quick but did "Jackie" do the home run bat toss and strut in that clip?


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It did appear that way. It's hard to tell from the trailer, but I have a feeling that was added for context.
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Old 09-24-2012, 11:19 PM   #13
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That's Harrison Ford, not Jack

EDIT: Never mind. Didn't read the first part of the thread. Haha
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Wow, the rap scene was pretty prevalent in those days, I guess.
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Old 09-26-2012, 06:36 AM   #15
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Wow, the rap scene was pretty prevalent in those days, I guess.
Marketing 101: You want kids to buy the soundtrack, throw in some popular style music.
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