Tubman will soon grace the $20 bill, and is the subject of two upcoming projects.
But why has Hollywood dragged its feet in the past?
Freedom fighter Harriet Tubman is finally getting some long-deserved recognition.
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Why exactly has Hollywood been so slow to immortalize Americas first militia woman on the big screen?
She was born a slave.
It became obvious that we had to go a different route, Davis says.
That route was HBO.
NowEntourageproducer Doug Ellin and Davis are awaiting Ellis second script draft before finding a director to shoot next year.
Ellin is adamant it wont be him.
This is not the guy fromEntouragebringing you the Harriet Tubman story, Ellin says.
Im simply shepherding it.
This will have action, adventure.
It will be epic and sweeping, he says.
This will show what an incredible badass Harriet Tubman was.
There is something to be said about movies that have universal themes that everyone can relate to.
She is someone I believe on a domestic and global level people are going to relate to.
I feel like its our time, she says.
We have stories too.
A version of this story appeared in Entertainment Weekly issue #1413, on newsstands now.
