The film will be based on Jonathan Eig’s book The King: A Life, which has been optioned by Universal Pictures. Spielberg will attend as executive producer.
Chris Rock and Steven Spielberg they cooperate in film about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.. Negotiations to select a director are nearing completion, with Rock in the winning position and Spielberg in the role of executive producer.
Film based on King: Life
The film is based on the book by Jonathan Eig. King: Lifedefined as ” biography the late civil rights icon.” Using information released by the FBI and hundreds of interviews, he paints a never-before-seen portrait of Martin Luther King. He describes him as “a courageous but emotionally troubled man who called for peaceful protest while struggling with his fragility and the government that persecuted him.” However, although the idea for the film is more than concrete in scope, the process is only at the beginning. What is certain is that the film, currently untitled, will be produced Amblin Partnerswith Christy Macosko Krieger as producer and Steven Spielberg as executive producer.
Directed by Chris Rock
Chris Rockfour-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Grammy Award winner, has already directed several films: a satirical comedy Head of State (2003) and romantic comedies Instructions for dealing with infidelity for married men (2007)e Top Five (2014). We’ll see it soon Rustin George C. Wolfe, with Colman Domingo as civil rights activist Brian Rusting. It debuted on Netflix in early 2023 with its own live-action series. Chris Rock: Selective Outragea lot followed, especially since he posted about the slap he received from Will Smith on stage at the Oscars.
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Films about Martin Luther King, previous ones
The film currently in development is, of course, not the first film about Martin Luther King. Killed in Memphis April 4, 1968 King this has been said several times in the movies. Released in 2014, Selma – Road to Freedom talks about how in 1964 he was received by US President Lyndon Johnson after winning the Nobel Prize. King asked him to guarantee full voting rights for black citizens, but he was told that his request would cause dissent in the southern states. Determined not to give up, he decided to march in Selma, Alabama, which was governed by the racist George Wallace. The brutal repression had dramatic results, changing the course of history. Even earlier, in 1994, a documentary film was released. Have a dream. A timeless work that traces the activist’s struggle from the beginning until his murder. And which is considered a classic even today.