▁film ▁on ▁Richard ▁L oving ▁and ▁M ild red ▁L oving , ▁inspired ▁by ▁Bu ir ski ' s ▁document ary . ▁ ▁F irth ▁had ▁initially ▁to yed ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁writing ▁the ▁L oving , ▁however , ▁at ▁Martin ▁Sc ors ese ' s ▁recommendation , ▁who ▁was ▁eager ▁to ▁see ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁feature , ▁both ▁F irth ▁and ▁Bu ir ski ▁h ired ▁Nich ols . ▁Nich ols ▁described ▁Sc ors ese ▁as ▁" a ▁she ph erd ▁of ▁this ▁project ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁see ▁it ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁narr ative ▁film ", ▁and ▁later ▁laid ▁out ▁his ▁approach ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁stay ▁with ▁the ▁Lov ings ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁possible ▁through ▁the ▁telling ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁something ▁of ▁which ▁Sc ors ese ▁was ▁very ▁support ive ▁of . ▁On ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Dead line ▁Hollywood ▁reported ▁that ▁Jeff ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁board ing ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁director ▁and ▁will ▁write ▁the ▁script , ▁with ▁Jo el ▁Ed g erton ▁and ▁Ruth ▁Neg ga ▁st arring ▁as ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁L oving , ▁respectively , ▁the ▁inter ra cial ▁couple ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁civil ▁rights ▁case ▁L oving ▁v . ▁Virginia . ▁On ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Big ▁Beach ▁and ▁Rain dog ▁films ▁are ▁to ▁produce ▁Nich ols