▁E ve . ▁ ▁Howard ▁was ▁then ▁selected ▁for ▁the ▁assignment ▁to ▁write ▁an ▁original ▁screen play ▁for ▁the ▁bi op ic ▁of ▁box er ▁Muhammad ▁Ali . ▁Having ▁finished ▁the ▁first ▁draft , ▁and ▁then ▁moving ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁native ▁Virginia , ▁Howard ▁discovered ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁T C ▁Williams ▁Tit ans . ▁Studio ▁del ays ▁and ▁re writ es ▁meant ▁that ▁his ▁first ▁feature ▁film , ▁Ali , ▁was ▁not ▁released ▁until ▁after ▁his ▁next ▁script , ▁Remember ▁the ▁Tit ans . ▁ ▁Remember ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁was ▁a ▁spec ▁script ▁written ▁by ▁Gregory ▁Allen ▁Howard ▁after ▁he ▁discovered ▁the ▁unique ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁integrated ▁high ▁school ▁football ▁team ▁that ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Alexand ria , ▁Virginia , ▁cred ited ▁for ▁the ▁town ' s ▁positive ▁race ▁relations . ▁Having ▁based ▁the ▁script ▁on ▁extensive ▁research , ▁including ▁discuss ions ▁with ▁Co aches ▁H erman ▁Bo one ▁and ▁Bill ▁Y o ast , ▁Howard ▁initially ▁encountered ▁difficulty ▁in ▁getting ▁his ▁script ▁produced . ▁ ▁Event ually ▁Jerry ▁Bru ck heimer ▁agreed ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film . ▁St arring ▁Den zel ▁Washington ▁and ▁Will ▁Pat ton , ▁Remember ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁became ▁a ▁box - office ▁hit , ▁gross ing ▁over ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁dom est ically . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁projects ▁Since ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁Remember ▁the ▁Tit ans ▁and ▁Ali , ▁Howard ▁has ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁projects . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁un cred ited ▁writer ▁for ▁Gl ory ▁Road