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Wed Dec 14, 2022, 09:59 PM Dec 2022

Spielberg's Amblin to Develop Film Based on Rachel Maddow Podcast About Great Sedition Trial of 1944

Yeah for Rachel



https://www.thewrap.com/spielberg-amblin-rachel-maddow-podcast/

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is developing a movie based on Rachel Maddow’s podcast “Ultra,” which centers on the Great Sedition Trial of 1944, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Writers Tony Kushner and Danny Strong are in talks to adapt the material into a screenplay.

According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Amblin optioned film rights to the podcast from MSNBC and Maddow’s production company Surprise Inside.

Producing are Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger for Amblin, along with Maddow and Mike Yarvitz for Surprise Inside.

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