Draft:Blood Runs Coal
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| Blood Runs Coal | |
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| Based on | Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America by Mark A. Bradley |
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| Starring | Cillian Murphy |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blood Runs Coal is an upcoming American biographical crime film written by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. It is based on the book of the same name by Mark A. Bradley, who will also serve as an executive producer. It stars Cillian Murphy as Joseph "Chip" Yablonski.
Premise
[edit]Labor attorney Joseph "Chip" Yablonski seeks justice for the murder of his father Joseph "Jock", who had dedicated his life to advocating for the coal miners of Pennsylvania enduring dangerous and poor conditions in their profession.
Cast
[edit]Production
[edit]On March 8, 2024, Universal Pictures pre-emptively acquired rights to a film adaptation of the novel Blood Runs Coal, written by Mark A. Bradley, who will also serve as an executive producer. The novel, set in the 1960s, revolves around the assassination of labor leader Joseph "Jock" Yablonski and his son, labor attorney Joseph "Chip" Yablonski's efforts to bring to justice W. A. "Tough Tony" Boyle, then the leader of the UMWA who Jock opposed and who subsequently hired gunmen to murder him. Producer Jordan Davis of Davis Entertainment discovered the novel and eventually conceived the initial idea of adapting it, for which screenwriters Jez and John-Henry Butterworth were brought on board. Cillian Murphy is attached to star in the film as Chip and produce under his Big Things Films banner.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr (March 25, 2024). "Universal Lands Epic Mining Crime Story Blood Runs Coal For Its Oscar-Winning Oppenheimer Star Cillian Murphy: Jez & John-Henry Butterworth Adapting Mark Bradley Book; Davis Entertainment Producing With Murphy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 March 2024.