EXCLUSIVE: George Robinson, the star of Netflix’s Sex Education, is attached to headline the movie Still Life based on the award-winning Texas Monthly 2009 article of the same name written by Skip Hollandsworth.Still Life tells the true story of John McClamrock, to be played by Robinson, and his mother Ann.
The two made a life together within the walls of their small Dallas home after John was paralyzed by an errant tackle on a Dallas high school football field in 1973.
John McClamrock’s story garnered worldwide attention and support.The film will be produced by Jim Whitaker and Jeff Sussman and directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann.
Scott Brown, Texas Monthly president, Megan Creydt of Texas Monthly, and Kevin James are EPs.The screenplay, originally by Jon Boyer and rewritten by Buck and Schlingmann, is based closely on the article as well as personal accounts from the McClamrock family.Buck grew up in Dallas mere blocks from the McClamrocks’ neighborhood.
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