Universal Pictures has acquired an adaptation of “Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America,” directed by Mark A. Bradley. With recent Oscar winner Cillian Murphy attached to star and produce.
Jez Butterworth (“Edge of Tomorrow,” “Spectre,” “Ford V Ferrari”) and John Henry Butterworth (“Get On Up,” “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) will adapt the film. Scenario.
John Davis and Jordan Davis will produce through Davis Entertainment, while Murphy and Alan Moloney will produce through Big Things Films. Mark A. will Bradley executive produces. Universal’s Lexi Barta, who was recently promoted to senior vice president of production, will oversee the studio’s project.
Murphy is repped by CAA, Lou Coulson Associates, David Weber/Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are repped by CAA and Alan Wertheimer at Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.
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