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Less than two weeks after O.J. Simpson died from cancer, a provocative new teaser for a long-gestating movie about the controversial football star and acquitted murder suspect condemns him to the electric chair on screen.
The project in question is The Juice, a "satirical thriller" that has been in the works for nearly a decade and was formerly titled Nicole and O.J. The notorious NFL-player-turned-actor is played by Boris Kodjoe, known for his roles in projects like Brown Sugar, Soul Food, The Last Man on Earth, and Station 19.
In the brief teaser, Kodjoe's Simpson is strapped to an electric chair, and as the charges course through his body, he says, "Think of the real O.J. Simpson, not this lost person." Text on the screen says, "Feel better now? You haven't seen anything yet."
The footage ends with a link to a Google Form requesting suggestions for "outrageous ideas" to include in the movie.
Writer-director Joshua Newton has shot about 30 minutes of the film so far, mostly consisting of flashback footage of Simpson and his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, here played by Charlotte Kirk. The footage was filmed in Bulgaria in 2018, in recreations of the couple's Southern California homes.
However, Kirk and Kodjoe will not be portraying the film's lead characters, despite the previous title — instead, the protagonist will be attorney Douglas McCann, who represented Simpson in an unsuccessful bid to procure evidence allegedly withheld by Verizon predecessor GTE that McCann said would exonerate Simpson.
A publicist for the film told Entertainment Weekly that McCann will be played by a "fabulous" actor but declined to identify them. The publicist also backed a Hollywood Reporter article published Wednesday that said Owen Wilson was previously offered a hefty sum to play McCann.
"Owen Wilson turned down the role for $12 million, which we think he'll regret one day, because when you're going to see the whole movie completed, you'll understand this is playing a character of a guy who really existed," the publicist told EW . "This is a true story. A story which is, in many ways, mind-blowing. This s--- really happened."
A representative for Wilson didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
The project in question is The Juice, a "satirical thriller" that has been in the works for nearly a decade and was formerly titled Nicole and O.J. The notorious NFL-player-turned-actor is played by Boris Kodjoe, known for his roles in projects like Brown Sugar, Soul Food, The Last Man on Earth, and Station 19.
In the brief teaser, Kodjoe's Simpson is strapped to an electric chair, and as the charges course through his body, he says, "Think of the real O.J. Simpson, not this lost person." Text on the screen says, "Feel better now? You haven't seen anything yet."
The footage ends with a link to a Google Form requesting suggestions for "outrageous ideas" to include in the movie.
Writer-director Joshua Newton has shot about 30 minutes of the film so far, mostly consisting of flashback footage of Simpson and his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, here played by Charlotte Kirk. The footage was filmed in Bulgaria in 2018, in recreations of the couple's Southern California homes.
However, Kirk and Kodjoe will not be portraying the film's lead characters, despite the previous title — instead, the protagonist will be attorney Douglas McCann, who represented Simpson in an unsuccessful bid to procure evidence allegedly withheld by Verizon predecessor GTE that McCann said would exonerate Simpson.
A publicist for the film told Entertainment Weekly that McCann will be played by a "fabulous" actor but declined to identify them. The publicist also backed a Hollywood Reporter article published Wednesday that said Owen Wilson was previously offered a hefty sum to play McCann.
"Owen Wilson turned down the role for $12 million, which we think he'll regret one day, because when you're going to see the whole movie completed, you'll understand this is playing a character of a guy who really existed," the publicist told EW . "This is a true story. A story which is, in many ways, mind-blowing. This s--- really happened."
A representative for Wilson didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
