Source: Hollywood Reporter

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor will star in Kasi Lemmons' TALK TO ME for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Mark Gordon Co. Focus Features will distribute domestically.

The film, which begins filming next month, centers on the real-life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Green (Cheadle), an ex-con who courted controversy at a white-owned radio station and became an iconic Washington-area on-air personality in the 1960s. Ejiofor will play Dewey Hughes, producer of Green's show.

Michael Genet penned the screenplay, while Rick Famuyiwa and Lemmons did rewrites.