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Permut Presentations Making Movie About ‘Sing Sing’ Star JJ Velazquez and ‘Dateline’ Producer Dan Slepian’s Fight to Overturn Murder Conviction (EXCLUSIVE)
Permut Presentations has acquired the life rights of Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who served a nearly 24-year sentence for a murder he did not commit, as well as to NBC News journalist Dan Slepian’s reporting on Velazquez. The company is planning to make a narrative feature about Velazquez’s decades-long relationship with Slepian, who was a senior […]
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According to Variety’s source item, Permut Presentations Making Movie About ‘Sing Sing’ Star JJ Velazquez and ‘Dateline’ Producer Dan Slepian’s Fight to Overturn Murder Conviction (EXCLUSIVE), Permut Presentations has acquired the life rights of Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who served a nearly 24-year sentence for a murder he did not commit, as well as to NBC News journalist Dan Slepian’s reporting on Velazquez. The company is planning to make a narrative feature about Velazquez’s decades-long relationship with Slepian, who was a senior […]
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