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Ronald Harwood to Pen Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic

DreamWorks had hired award-winning playwright and screenwriter Ronald Harwood to write a new film about the late Martin Luther King, Jr., according to published reports. Steven Spielberg will co-produce the film.

Harwood received a Tony Award nomination for The Dresser and also wrote the film version. He is also the author of the Broadway play Taking Sides. He won the Academy Award for the screenplay for The Pianist; his many other film credits include Australia, Being Julia, Oliver Twist, and Love in the Time of Cholera.