The Juice (2025)

Interesting facts

The Juice is a proposed American crime thriller film that has been shopped around since 2013. The concept originally carried a proposed title of An American Mystery, centered around Douglas McCann who advocated for the innocence of O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The concept later carried a proposed title of Nicole and O.J. By October 2024, the concept carried its third different proposed title, The Juice, and revealed that the screenplay was not complete.

Production

On June 28, 2013, it was announced that British filmmaker Joshua Newton would write and direct a movie about the O. J. Simpson murder case to be titled An American Mystery. Newton extensively researched the case and claimed to have discovered startling new evidence that would present several other suspects with both the motive and opportunity to commit the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Several people from the sports and political spectrums lent their support for the project such as former NBA player Bo Kimble, former NFL player Rosey Grier, former Texas state senator Rodney Ellis, and former U.S. Representative for California's 33rd congressional district Diane Watson, one of the film's associate producers and an inspirational force behind the project.

In March 2018, it was announced that the title had been changed to Nicole and O.J., and that Boris Kodjoe and unknown actress Charlotte Kirk would portray the title characters. Newton stated that principal photography involving scenes with Kodje and Kirk began in February 2018 in Bulgaria, and that the film would be released in March 2019.

In April 2024, following Simpson's death, it was announced that Owen Wilson was offered $12 million to play Douglas McCann, but he refused as he was not a believer in the subject matter presented. The film was retitled The Juice, the concept of focusing on the Douglas McCann storyline had been dropped, and a teaser trailer was released, showing a hypothetical sequence with Simpson in an electric chair, and stating that the release date would be 2…

In 2018, Newton revealed that cast Kirk and Kodjoe because they strongly resembled Brown and Simpson, respectively. According to Kirk, Simpson was pleased with the production and offered Kirk advice on how to play Brown. In 2024, Kirk stated she expected the film would be shrouded in controversy upon release.

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