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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 courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement ...

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The casting of the untitled movie hasn't 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.