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Jason Bean Pool/Getty ImagesA shocking teaser for an upcoming film about the life of OJ Simpson visualizes an alternative timeline for the controversial former football star.
The juicea long-running “satirical thriller” about Simpson’s 1995 murder trial, released a 30-second sneak peek on Tuesday, April 23.
Boris Kodjoewho plays Simpson in the film, is seen in the teaser strapped to an electric chair with sparks flying from either side of his head as smoke comes out of his mouth.
“Think of the real OJ,” Kodjoe, 51, says in the black-and-white clip. “Not that lost person.”
MYUNG J. CHUN-/POOL/AFP via Getty Images NFL star OJ Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman after a sensational trial in the 1990s. The litigation was one of the most infamous criminal trials in American history and a defining moment of the 1990s. Brown Simpson […]
The teaser ends with a title card that reads: “Feeling better now? You haven’t seen anything yet.”
The juice has been in development since 2015 and revolves around real lawyers Douglas McCannwho was obsessed with conspiracy theories surrounding Simpson’s infamous murder trial, in which he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Kodjoe and Charlotte Kirkwho plays Brown in the film, almost added a surprise co-star to the cast as McCann, if the director is to be believed Joshua Newton.
“Owen Wilson was perfect for the role,” said the filmmaker The Hollywood Reporter in an article published on Wednesday, April 24. “I actually had a meeting with him in Santa Monica. Everyone loved the script. His agent wanted him to do it. We offered him $12 million.”
However, Wilson was apparently not interested in a project that might cast Simpson in a positive light.
Newton continued, “At the end of lunch, Owen stood up and said, ‘If you think I’m going to star in a movie about how OJ didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me.'”
According to Newton, the film has already been completed for around 30 minutes and will tell the “true story” of Simpson’s trial “based on factual evidence.”
“A lot of people forget that the man was acquitted,” Newton said People in 2018. “Twelve jurors concluded he did not commit the murders, but if you talk to anyone, 10 out of 10 people on the street will say, ‘He did it.’ We always thought there was something wrong.”
He added: “Our position is that Nicole came home at the wrong time. We filmed the murder as it was portrayed in the trial. It will be controversial, but the audience can decide for themselves what ultimately happened.”
While Simpson was ultimately acquitted in the murder trial, he was later found liable in a civil lawsuit filed by the Brown and Goldman families and ordered to pay $33.5 million.
Simpson died of prostate cancer on April 10 at the age of 76. At the time of his death, Simpson owed the Brown and Goldman families over $100 million in interest.
The juice The release date is currently scheduled for 2025.