“Between 20 was a period of trying to develop the screenplay to get it to a place that felt comfortable,” Washington said. What was it like when he came home from Iraq to meet his son?’” “Denzel asked me questions regularly the last couple of years: ‘What color was Charles’ car? Tell me about the first time you guys went on a date. “We went through every single page of the script,” she said. It was really just a matter of trying to find Dana.”Ĭanedy had input from the very beginning, working closely with Williams to get the details of the story right. We’d seen him in ‘ Fruitvale Station’ and Todd and I both really loved him. And we already knew that we were going with Michael B. “When Todd and Virgil handed me that script, I was like ‘Wow,’” said Washington. Washington’s producing partner, Todd Black, bought the rights to the book and article in 2008 before it was published and enlisted Virgil Williams as screenwriter.
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Having that effort come full circle in a film, in theaters this Christmas, is gratifying, she says. King, a decorated soldier, started recording guidance and advice for his infant son in a 200-page journal shortly before being deployed in 2006 to Iraq, where he was killed by an improvised explosive device.Ĭanedy chronicled the experience in a 2007 New York Times essay and later a book, “A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor,” in part to help heal from the loss. Their connection was magnetic, and eventually she had to give into that and it was probably the best decision she’s ever made.” But they loved each other despite their differences. “That was not the man that she had painted in her imagination of who her future husband and father of her child was going to be.
“Dana just knew she wasn’t going to end up with somebody like Charles,” said Adams. “A Journal for Jordan” is a story of love lost and found.ĭirected by Denzel Washington, the film tells the real story of former New York Times senior editor Dana Canedy (played by Chanté Adams) and 1st Sgt.
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