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Friday 19 February 2016
‘Blade Runner’ Bringing legendary Olympian
sequel slated for Jesse Owens to life in ‘Race’
January 2018 LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The long- In this Jan. 10, 2016 file photo, LOS ANGELES (AP) —
awaited sequel to Ridley Harrison Ford arrives at the Stephan James is the first
Scott’s “Blade Runner” 73rd annual Golden Globe to acknowledge that he
now has a release date. Awards in Beverly Hills, Ca- didn’t know much about
AlconEntertainment an- lif. Ford will reprise his role as track and field legend Jes-
nounced Thursday that it Rick Deckard in the sequel to se Owens.
will be land in theaters on “Blade Runner,” expected in The 22-year-old had to, he
Martin Luther King Jr. week- January of 2018. says, scratch his head to
end in January 2018. Associated Press remember when he first
“Sicario” director Denis Vil- heard someone was plan-
leneuve is taking over for leneuve on “Prisoners” and ning to make a biopic
Scott in the sequel to his “Sicario,” will serve as cin- about Owens.
1982 science-fiction clas- ematographer. Not that a young Canadi-
sic. It will star Ryan Gosling The Warner Bros. release an actor should necessar-
and Harrison Ford, reprising will begin shooting in July.q ily know details about Ow-
his role as Rick Deckard. ens at the drop of a hat.
Alcon, which is produc- It’s been 36 years since
ing the film, said it takes his death and 80 years
place several decades since Owens ventured to
after the conclusion to the the 1936 Summer Olym-
original “Blade Runner.” pics in Berlin amid calls for
Roger Deakins, who has a boycott and became
previously worked with Vil- a gold medal cog in the
wheel of Hitler’s claims to
Newsman Stefan Holt Aryan supremacy. There, In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 photo, actor Stephan James poses
joining dad Lester Holt at as the Nazis introduced for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. James
themselves on the world portrays track and field legend Jesse Owens in the upcoming
NBC’s 30 Rock stage, Owens made his- film, “Race,” in theaters Friday, Feb. 19. The story stays uncom-
tory by winning four gold monly focused for a biopic, focusing on a two year stretch be-
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s medals in track and field — ginning with Owens’ start at Ohio State University and ending
about to be a family affair a record that would stand with the 1936 Olympics.
at 30 Rock for NBC News for 48 years.
anchor Lester Holt and his James actually found out Associated Press
son, Stefan Holt, who soon he got the role while he
will be anchoring a week- This May 19, 2014 photo pro- was playing another pivot- There are people the world the racism he experienced
day newscast on the net- vided by WMAQ shows Stefan al figure from American his- over who are Jesse enthu- daily, the brewing interna-
work’s New York station, it Holt at WMAQ in Chicago. tory — the civil rights leader siasts. You can’t fake that.” tional tensions, the plight of
was announced Tuesday. Associated Press and eventual congress- By the end of training, the Jewish athletes on the
Holt, 29, will start at WNBC man John Lewis in Ava Du- James said he was able American team, and the
in April, co-anchoring a chor for five years. Before Vernay’s “Selma.” to run the 100-meter in just struggles of professional
newly launched after- that, he spent three years “He brought such sensitiv- over 12 seconds. Owens- women as embodied by
noon newscast aired from at the ABC affiliate in West ity to the scenes,” recalled broke the world record Leni Riefenstahl (Carice
30 Rockefeller Plaza, the Palm Beach, Florida. producer Kate Garwood, when he ran it in 10.2 sec- van Houten).
storied NBC headquarters Lester Holt joined NBC who looked at hundreds onds in 1936. But Owens is the center.
from where “NBC Nightly News in 2000 after 14 years of candidates around The story in “Race,” out James had the added
News with Lester Holt” origi- in Chicago anchoring for the world to find their per- Friday, stays uncommonly benefit of having the sup-
nates. CBS-owned WBBM. He fect Jesse Owens. focused for a biopic, con- port of Owens’ daughters
Stefan Holt comes from took over “Nightly News” Knowing he’d soon have centrating on a two-year to rely on for any questions
NBC-owned Chicago out- anchor duties from Brian to trade his 1960s styles for stretch beginning with Ow- he had about their father
let WMAQ, where he has Williams last year.q some leather cleats and ens’ start at Ohio State Uni- at the time.
been a reporter and an- a dirt track, James got to versity and ending with the One of the biggest tri-
work quickly, using every 1936 Olympics. als Owens faced during
free day he had to go to Within this milieu, director this time revolved around
Georgia Tech and start Stephen Hopkins is able to the question of whether
the process of transform- explore a variety of fac- he should go to Berlin at
ing into the “fastest man ets lead-up to the event, all, or stay at home in pro-
alive.” including the microcosm test of the intolerant re-
“I grew up on basketball. of Owens’ training along- gime. In one scene in the
I was athletic but never side Coach Larry Snyder film, NAACP leadership vis-
track and field. Sprinting (played here by Jason Su- its Owens and asks him to
was a whole other beast,” deikis) and ascent to prom- stay.q
James said. “Not only did inence in the United States,
I have to learn how to run
fast, but I had to learn to
run like Jesse.
His style was so particular ...
his start, his mechanics, his
stride, how his face looked.
