Chris Rock to direct Martin Luther King Jr. biopic
Chris Rock is set to direct a Martin Luther King Jr. biopic. The 58-year-old comedian and actor is in final talks to helm and produce the new movie about the celebrated civil rights campaigner that also has Steven Spielberg involved as an executive producer. Universal Pictures is backing the picture after optioning the rights to Jonathan Eig's biography 'King: A Life'. The book has been described as the definitive biography of the civil rights leader - who was assassinated in 1968 - and uses new FBI information and hundreds of interviews to portray King as a "courageous but emotionally trouble...