River Road joins McQueen film

River Road originates onboard to produce and finance Steve McQueen's "Twelve Years a Slave" with Plan B. Deal for Bill Pohlad's River Path to join "Slave" closed Monday. Summit will handle worldwide sales within the American Film Market. Michael Fassbender, who toplined McQueen's "Shame," signed on for "Twelve Years a Slave" on friday. McQueen will direct in the script he co-written with John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor may even star inside the true story of Solomon Northup, a NY citizen who was simply kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and saved in the cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853. Plan B's Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are likely to produce the film, that's prone to start production early next season. CAA is organizing financing for your pic and representing U.S. rights. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com