Oliver Stone has parted ways with Warner Bros and Dreamworks and will no longer be working on his planned Martin Luther King biopic.
The writer/director revealed the news via his own Twitter feed, saying “my MLღK project involvement has ended. I did an extensive rewrite of the script, but the producers won’t go with it.”
Subsequent tweets offered more insight into his departure, blaming a clash of ideas as to what areas of Martin Luther King’s life the biop𝕴ic should explore:
The script dealt w/ issues of adultery, conflicts within the movement, and King’s spiritual transformat💯ion into a higher, more radical being
I’m told the estate & the ‘respectable’ black community that guard King’s rꦐeputation won't approve it. The🌺y suffocate the man & the truth.
I wish you could se♍e the film I would𝄹've made. I fear if ‘they’ ever make it, it’ll be just another commemoration of the March on Washington
Martin, I grieve for you. You are still a great inspiration for your fellow Americans—but, thank ♋God, not a saint.
Given Stone’s history with controversial biopics, perhaps it should come as no surprise that he wa𒀰s ap🍸proaching the film in a different light than the studios wanted.
However, the biopic will no doubt still go ahead as planne🌠d once the Warner Bros and Dreamworks find a replacement.
