Chiwetel Ejiofor Slated to Lead the Prison Drama 'Marching Powder' — firstshowing.net

Following news that 12 Years a Slave supporting actress Lupita Nyong'o had not only landed a role in Star Wars: Episode VII, but also her own project called Americanah that will reateam her with producer Brad Pitt and his Plan B production banner, the leading man of the Best Picture winning film has a new project in the works as well. New Regency, the company who produced the slavery drama, has picked up the rights to Rusty Young & Thomas McFadden's non-fiction book Marching Powder, and Chiwetel Ejiorfor will lead the story that deals a drug trafficker, a journalist and a corrupt, unbelievable prison in South America.

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