Chris Rock to Direct Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic, Steven Spielberg to Executive Produce
Chris Rock to Direct Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic, Steven Spielberg to Executive Produce https://t.co/S9B4lfy6IL
- Variety (@Variety) October 5, 2023
Chris Rock and Steven Spielberg are collaborating on a movie about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Rock is in final talks to direct and produce the project, with Spielberg on board as executive producer. Universal Pictures is backing the biographical drama after optioning Jonathan Eig’s biography “King: A Life.”
Rock, a four-time Emmy and three-time Grammy winner, previously directed 2014’s “Top Five,” 2003’s “Head of State” and 2007’s “I Think I Love My Wife.”