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April 29, 2017: Movie Based on "Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan" Novel in the Works
by Neil Cole
Lotus Entertainment and Paperchase Films are in the process of bringing an adaptation of Rick Bowers' 2012 novel "Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate" to the big screen.
The nonfiction book details the behind-the-scenes true story of the 1946/47 radio drama in which the Man of Steel took on a thinly-veiled version of the actual KKK.
"Fighting the forces of evil with brain over brawn, artists taking down bullies and the power of a good piece of content, it's a real case of truth being cooler than fiction," stated Lotus Entertainment Producer Marc Rosen (via Deadline). "We're excited to develop the thriller elements of the film in the vein of The Departed and Mississippi Burning."
The film's plot will closely follow that of the original novel in which a former Klan member works with the Anti-Defamation League and goes undercover in 1946 Atlanta to infiltrate the KKK.
The book is being adapted for the silver screen by Katherine Lindberg, who wrote and directed the film "Rain" in 2001.
