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Chris Rock, is in final talks to team up with Steven Spielberg to bring us a film on the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. 

Chris Rock In Talks To Direct MLK Biopic Chris Rock In Talks To Direct MLK Biopic

Chris Rock is reportedly gearing up to direct and produce a new film about Martin Luther King Jr. According to Variety, Rock is in the final stages of talks to&

Universal has acquired the movie rights for King: A Life, a bestselling new biography by Jonathan Eig, whose aim was to recover the real man from the grey mist of hagiography.

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesChris Rock is reportedly gearing up to direct and produce a new film about Martin Luther King Jr. According to Variety, Rock is in the final stages of talks to board the project, with Steven Spielberg already on board as an executive producer. The as-yet-untitled film from Universal Pictures will be based on Jonathan Eig’s biography King: A Life, which was released in May to critical acclaim. The comprehensive biography was described as “an intimate view of the c...

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The casting of the untitled movie hasnt been announced yet. The biographical drama is being backed by Universal Pictures. | Hollywood

The Universal Pictures film will be based on Jonathan Eig’s award-winning biography ‘King: A Life.’

Comedian Chris Rock and filmmaker Steven Spielberg will be working together on a biographical movie on civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.