Liam Neeson As LBJ And Cedric As Abernathy In Lee Daniels' SELMA

Precious director Lee Daniels has confirmed to MTV of 2 more casting info regarding his new movie SELMA. The man who for a while has been rumored to play Abraham Lincoln for a Spielberg project that sadly didn’t happen, Liam Neeson will play Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson while funnyman Cedric The Entertainer will Rev. Ralph Abernathy. They’re still looking for an actor to play Gov. George Wallace, a role that once had the name Robert De Niro attached to it..

“Liam Neeson’s playing Johnson,”
“Wallace is not [cast], but [an offer is] out. We’re waiting for a deal to close.”
“We have Cedric the Entertainer, who is going to be [Ralph] Abernathy. He is a really good choice, so we’re excited about that.”

SELMA revolves around the historic marches staged by King in 1965 in Selma, Alabama, to help get voting rights for African Americans listed
Lenny Kravitz, who starred in Precious is set to play the civil rights activist Andrew Young,
Hugh Jackman is set to play the hot tempered racist sheriff Jim Clark, whose violent arrests of civil rights protesters got international attention.
While Brit thesp David Oyelowo is going to play the great Martin Luther King Jr.
The movie will focus much on President Lyndon B. Johnson and the situation that led him to change his position from being reluctant to signing the Civil Rights act.

Paul Webb wrote the script. SELMA starts production in May, produced by Christian Colson (Slumdog Millionaire)