Article: the dish; Two films in flux.(VARIETY)

Byline: Cynthia Dickison; Staff Writer

// Two films in flux

First Truman Capote, now ... John DeLorean? Competing biopics of the innovative car designer (pictured) are in the works: one directed by Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour") and produced by Robert Evans; the other produced by Time Inc. Studios/XYZ Films. XYZ partner Nick Spicer said that DeLorean's story, including his trial on drug-trafficking charges, has long tempted filmmakers, but that DeLorean would have "taken over" the project while he was still alive. "It is almost like an updated `Citizen Kane' story of the great American entrepreneurial hero and how it all went wrong," Spicer said. We'll ...

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