The biopic phenomenon seems to be far from over. In fact, during this day a new project focused on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. became relevant and showed his first signs.
According to the American media Deadlinecomedian and actor Chris Rock is possibly the one who will go behind the cameras. A film that will narrate the most relevant episodes of the activist who permeated an important sector of the fight for civil rights in the 50’s and 60’s.
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According to the portal, Rock would be in the final stage of negotiations with Universal, the studio that will take the reins of the project. And it is not something minor, the director Steven Spielberg this time he would be executive producer.
Previously, the same entertainment entity had acquired the rights to the recent biography of Martin Luther King: King: A life. A text released in May 2023 and written by author Jonathan Eig.
Those sheets are currently nominated for National Book Award in the United States, called a “definitive biography” of the man. A long-standing investigation that includes unpublished sources and information that not long ago was declassified by the FBI.
For the rest, it is a new step in Chris Rock’s career, who is no stranger to sitting in the director’s chair. In his history it appears, for example, Top Fivea comedy and romance film that premiered in 2014.
Chris Rock’s present
The chapter in the stand-up comedian’s career appears weeks after one of his close friends revealed the consequences of what was mentioned. Will Smith slapped him during the 2022 Oscars.
“It really affected him,” Leslie Jones said., actress and part of the affected person’s inner circle. “People need to understand that his daughters and his parents saw it. “She had to go to therapy with her daughters,” he told in a dialogue with People.
2023-10-06 01:02:47
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