The popular Universal Pictures is going to tell a conclusive realistic biopic about the existence of Martin Luther King Jr. The studio has optioned the freedoms to adjust Jonathan Eig’s widely praised biography King: A Life. That being said, actor and comedian Chris Rock is in conclusive discussions to direct and produce this expected movie, which will be executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
The film will be produced by Amblin Partners, with Kristie Macosko Krieger filling in as producer alongside Chris Rock. King: A Life has been a big bestseller, and is nominated for the National Book Award. It has been hailed as a definitive memoir of the civil rights icon Dr. King, for its use of previously untapped sources that include newly declassified FBI information.
The book is about the bold man who constantly organized peaceful protests in the segregationist south, meanwhile wrestling with his own frailties and a central government that spooky all his means as opposed to dealing with him like the legend history demonstrates him to be.
Chris Rock has stepped himself as a director with cleaves with “Top Five”, which he also wrote and which became the greatest deal at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival where Paramount Pictures bought world rights. Rock also directed “Head of State” and “I Think I Love My Wife”.
Rock is a four-time Emmy-award winner and three-time Grammy winner as well as a bestselling author. He one of the world’s best stand-up comedians, and has also made some history on March 4th with his Netflix standup special, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”, the first to be done in a global live streaming event.
His animated series Everybody Still Hates Chris is set to stream globally on Paramount + and Comedy Central, with Rock its EP and narrator. Meanwhile, Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
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