Page 43 - Jonathan Eig News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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

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 ...

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.