Get Ready for a ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Movie Sequel

Harper Lee and Gregory Peck
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Eriq Gardner
February 15, 2022

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s 1960 story of an Alabama attorney defending a Black man charged with rape, is undoubtedly one of the most famous American literary creations. The novel also became a 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck that earned a best picture Oscar. So why is Lee’s estate now relinquishing its lucrative movie rights to the novel?