The Paperboy

A reporter returns to his hometown to investigate a murder conviction and sets out to expose redneck injustice against the accused with the help of an obsessed woman, but the resulting article leads to tragedy. The Paperboy is a 2012 American English-language Drama Thriller motion picture featuring Matthew Mcconaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Cusack, Nicole Kidman and Jackie Jenkins Jr. The movie is based on The Paperboy by Pete Dexter. Nu Image in association with Lee Daniels Entertainment. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Hilary Shor, Lee Daniels, Avi Lerner, Ed Cathell Iii and Cassian Elwes. The Paperboy is written by Peter Dexter, Lee Daniels and Pete Dexter and it is directed by Lee Daniels. Millennium Films acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Paperboy was released on 17th October 2012 and takes a screen time of 107 minutes. The Paperboy was made on a budget of $12 million and at the box office it grossed only $3 million. Cinematography was done by Roberto Schaefer and editing by Joe Klotz. The music was composed by Mario Grigorov.