MUMBAI: Paul Greengrass is in final talks to direct the movie written by Aaron Sorkin, creator of the Newsroom, the movie is based on the trial of seven people who were charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot during the Chicago protests of 1968's Democratic national Convention.

DreamWorks will be funding development while Disney will be distributing the movie. Sorkin had signed a three project deal with DreamWorks in 2007.

The project which has been in the doldrums since long, Steven Spielberg's name was once attached to it. Due to the delay, he left, after which the contenders were Greengrass and Ben Stiller.

Greengrass' next movie is Captain Phillips. He is represented by CAA.