Rob Reiner Planning a Film About Proposition 8

Rob Reiner, most famous as the director of classics like This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride, is planning a new film project centered around Proposition 8, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter.

The idea to create a movie based on California’s controversial same-sex marriage ban, which was passed in 2008 and ruled unconstitutional in 2010, was inspired largely by Reiner’s own involvement in the matter. An adamant liberal political activist for over a decade, Reiner was a principal fundraiser for the movement to defeat Proposition 8. He even co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights as part of his efforts.

Reiner was recently involved in a celebrity reading 8, a play based on the Proposition 8 trial transcripts by Dustin Lance Black. The reading was held in New York for one night only.

The director is still actively fighting to overturn the same-sex marriage ban in California. “Prop 8, if we win that, will be the last big piece of the civil rights puzzle that will be put into place,” he said. He is also working to get President Obama re-elected, but he admits that, given the current state of the nation, he doesn’t know if it’s possible.

In addition to his planned film about Proposition 8, Reiner mentioned he’s also currently working on a heist film called Airtight.

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