DreamWorks Studios has announced that they will be bringing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s story to the big screen in a film to be co-produced by Steven Spielberg.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks said it has acquired the civil rights leader's life from the King Estate. It will be the first theatrical motion picture authorized by the estate using King's copyrighted speeches and other works as the basis for the film.
Dexter King's siblings, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III, were not involved in the negotiating process.
Although several movies about King's life have been televised, the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner has only been on the big screen once. “King: a Filmed Record... Montgomery To Memphis” is a 1970 documentary film biography of Dr. King, presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr. King, framed by celebrity narrators, including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, Clarence Williams III, Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston and Harry Belafonte. The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Richard Kaplan and Ely Landau.
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