The Flint Water Crisis – Art Imitates Life

Posted by: Rhona Reid On April 26, 2016 9:00 am

 
Where life goes, Hollywood follows.  And so during the same week that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder vowed to drink Flint water both at home and at work for 30 days to give reassurance that it’s safe to consume, a film is being fast tracked through the erm…pipeline.

“Can we get Costner to play Snyder? Tell him it’s another film about water.”

Inspired by Time Magazine’s February cover story “The Toxic Tap,” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have optioned the rights and will make the film for Sony Pictures Television.

Another Town in Crisis

The news cannot really come as much solace to the people of Flint, where up to 12,000 children have been exposed to elevated levels of …

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