From Chicago with Love: the Obama Love Story Is in the
Works
A biopic about the life of President Obama prior to his rise
to power is currently in its preliminary stages, reports Deadline.
The quest to find an actor capable of depicting a young Barack Obama,
deep in love with Michelle, is currently underway.
The film, titled Southside With You, is set
in the summer of 1989, when the President was a first year Harvard Law
student.
Obama was hired as an associate at Chicago law firm Sidley Austin, where
he first laid eyes on his boss, Michelle Robinson.
Sparks and political aspirations likely flew.
Southside With You will highlight the day
Michelle, portrayed by Tika Sumpter, took young Barack up on his
offer for a date, which is said to have taken some persuasion by the future
chief executive.
For their first date, the duo reportedly went on a long
walk, saw Spike
Lee's Do the Right Thing, and followed it with a
visit to the Art
Institute of Chicago.
“I took her to this new movie that everybody was talking
about, directed by a guy that not that many people had heard of, but it was supposed
to be pretty good,” Obama recounted at the film’s 25th anniversary celebration.
The Obamas’ first kiss is said to have taken place curbside
to a Baskin-Robbins in Chicago’s Hyde Park.
That site was later commemorated with a plaque in 2012.
The Baskin-Robbins has since been replaced with a Subway.
However, the spot will forever be "immortalized," according to the New York Times.
The fictional Obamas might have to settle for cold cuts, as
opposed to ice cream, but CGI has
been known to make the impossible happen in film.
The film's producer, Tracey Bing, said:
Stephanie and I are excited to produce this smart and
timeless film that sheds light on one of the great love stories of our
time.
Richard really captures the essence of that romantic
connection between Barack and Michelle that is so evident in the way that they
look at each other. We are looking forward to finding the perfect Barack.
Principal photography for Southside With You begins
on location in Chicago next July.
Art Institute of Chicago
William
M. Daley is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the
chief of staff for the Barack Obama
administration.
Note: A. Steven Crown is
a trustee at the Art Institute of
Chicago, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and his father is Lester
Crown.
Lester
Crown is A. Steven Crown & James S. Crown’s father, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation.
Ann B. Friedman
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and married to Thomas L.
Friedman.
Thomas L. Friedman
is married to Ann B. Friedman, and a
columnist for the New York Times.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
James
S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Lester Crown’s son, a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, and a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J. Christopher
Reyes was a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
John W. Rowe is a life
trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
David J. Vitale
is a trustee at the Art Institute of
Chicago, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Frederick H.
Waddell is a trustee at the Art
Institute of Chicago, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Norman R. Bobins
was a trustee at the Art Institute of
Chicago, and is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Linda Johnson
Rice is a trustee at the Art
Institute of Chicago, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a friend of Linda Johnson Rice, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
a friend of Michelle Obama, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and Vernon E. Jordan
Jr’s great niece.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP, a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and Obamacare is his signature
policy initiative.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and
a VP at the Boeing Company.
W. James
McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), an Oak Bluffs (MA)
homeowner, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), is an Oak Bluffs (MA)
homeowner, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Spike
Lee is an Oak Bluffs (MA)
homeowner, and a director & actor in Do
the Right Thing.
Stephen L. Carter
is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Ann B. Friedman
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and married to Thomas L.
Friedman.
Thomas L. Friedman
is married to Ann B. Friedman, and a
columnist for the New York Times.
James
S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Lester Crown’s son, a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, and a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
J. Christopher
Reyes was a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Art
Institute of Chicago.
A.
Steven Crown is a trustee at the Art
Institute of Chicago, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and his father is Lester
Crown.
Lester
Crown is A. Steven Crown & James S. Crown’s father, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation.
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