CHILDREN OF MARTIN LUTHER KING IN BIOPIC DISPUTE

May 20, 2009

Yesterday I posted the news that Steven Spielberg had signed on to co-produce a Martin Luther King biopic, and that King’s estate had for the first time allowed producers to use his copyrighted intellectual property (his speeches, books etc). Well it seems only one of King’s offspring gave Spielberg/Dreamworks permission for this to happen! Via Rhymes With Snitch  On Tuesday Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Studios announced they had purchased the rights to make a film about Dr. Martin Luther King. The problem is Dexter King negotiated the […]