New Trailer for Brian Helgeland’s Jackie Robinson Biopic 42 Starring Chadwick Boseman & Harrison Ford
A great new trailer for Brian Helgeland’s upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic 42 has been released. The film centers on Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Harrison Ford plays the innovative Dodger’s general manager Branch Rickey.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are teaming up with director Brian Helgeland for “42,” the powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. “42″ will star Academy Award(R) nominee Harrison Ford (“Witness”) as the innovative Dodger’s general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show, and Chadwick Boseman (“The Express”) as Robinson, the heroic African American who was the first man to break the color line in the big leagues.
Christopher Meloni, Jon Bernthal, Alan Tudyk, and John C. McGinley.42 hits theaters April 13, 2013. Trailer courtesy of Apple.