<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/motherfer-hit-me-over-a-bulls-joke-chris-rock-unleashes-on-will-smith-over-oscars-slap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock</a> is in final negotiations to direct and produce a Martin Luther King Jr. biopic for Universal based on Jonathan Eig&#8217;s 2023 biography &#8220;King: A Life,&#8221; according to The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-rock-to-direct-martin-luther-king-jr-biopic-1235609939/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>Eig&#8217;s critically acclaimed book is based on the recent release of FBI documents, letters, oral histories and other material, along with White House telephone transcripts, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/books/the-new-definitive-biography-of-martin-luther-king-jr.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> noted.</p>
<p>Eig&#8217;s publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, described the book as an &#8220;intimate portrayal of King as a courageous but emotionally troubled individual who demanded peaceful protest while grappling with his own frailties and a government that hunted him.&#8221;</p>
<p>Steven Spielberg will be the executive producer via his Amblin Partners, with Kristie Macosko Krieger also producing, THR noted.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A Martin Luther King Jr biopic is in the works with Chris Rock set to direct.</p>
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<p>There is no word yet on what actors/actresses will potentially make up the cast for the upcoming movie.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; star is not new to the directing role. He previously directed and starred in the Toronto International Film Festival favorite &#8220;Top Five&#8221; in 2014.</p>
<p>In 2007, he directed the romantic comedy &#8220;I Think I Love My Wife&#8221; in which he starred alongside Gina Torres and Kerry Washington. Four years earlier, he directed, wrote and starred in the political comedy &#8220;Head of State&#8221; alongside the late-comedian Bernie Mac.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, he appeared on the big screen in George C. Wolfe&#8217;s civil rights biopic &#8220;Rustin,&#8221; starring Colman Domingo, the outlet noted.</p>
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<p>In March, Rock kicked off a live stand-up comedy special titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-torches-wokeness-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-in-netflix-special-dont-fall-into-the-woke-trap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock: Selective Outrage</a>,&#8221; in which he unleashed jokes directed at actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Smith</a> and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, that dealt with the now-infamous slap he received from Smith during the his presentation at the Academy Awards in 2022.</p>
<p>In the special, he said Smith exhibited &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; when he slapped him at the Oscars.</p>
<p>&#8220;Will Smith practices selective outrage because everyone that knows what happened, everybody that really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that s***,&#8221; Rock shared. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have any entanglements. His wife was f***** her son&#8217;s friend.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rock-torches-wokeness-meghan-markle-and-will-smith-in-netflix-special-dont-fall-into-the-woke-trap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock Torches Wokeness, Meghan Markle, And Will Smith In Netflix Special: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Fall Into The Woke Trap&#8217;</a></strong></p>

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