Tobey Maguire is a Crusader
by Matt Richenthal at . CommentsTobey Maguire has agreed to star in The Crusaders, a drama about the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case.
According to Variety, Gary Ross will direct the movie, which will set Maguire up as Jack Greenberg, the idealistic lawyer who joined with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to win a Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in American schools illegal.
Ross and Maguire previously teamed up for Pleasantville and Seabiscuit.