By Lee Pfeiffer
Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that Universal has pulled out of plans of financing director Paul Greengrass' film Memphis, which centers on the final days of Martin Luther King, who was assassinated while in Memphis to support a strike by sanitation workers in 1968. No one is saying why Universal changed its mind, but Deadline Hollywood's sources say that the King family, which is known to exert tight control over King's image, objected to the script and threatened to go public with their complaints. The family is not without controversy, with some saying their activities over the years have actually put Dr. King's legacy in an unflattering light. These include demanding payment for use of his speeches and allowing the center that was opened in his memory in Atlanta to become the focal point of family in-fighting. Greengrass is now seeking new backers for his film. Click here for more