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The comedian and filmmaker is making a movie on the civil rights leader.

Universal Pictures is in final talks with Chris Rock to direct King: A Life, a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr biopic.

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...

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...

Chris Rock is reportedly in final talks to direct and produce a Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, based on the Jonathan Eig biography ‘King: A Life.’ The Universal Pictures movie will also be executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

It'll adapt Jonathan Eig’s critically acclaimed biography King: A Life. See more at Empire.

Chris Rock steps into the directors chair for a biopic on the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Adding to the star-studded lineup, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to...

Universal is gearing up to tell a new cinematic story about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Actor and comedian Chris Rock will direct the late civil rights icon Martin Luther King Junior biopic for Universal next year.

This marks the comedian’s fourth directorial endeavor.