South African native and Oscar winning screenwriter
Ronald Hardwood has been retained by producer
Steven Spielberg and
Dreamworks to scribe the screenplay for the first major biographical motion picture of civil rights legend
Martin Luther King, Jr. Hardwood, who received Oscar nominations for his screen plays "
The Dresser" and "
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," and won the award in 2002 for "
The Pianist," is tasked with using the intellectual property of Martin Luther King's estate to "create the definitive portrait of his life".
Rueters.com is reporting that the selection of Hardwood by Dreamworks could mark the end of legal disputes between the film company and members of MLK's estate.
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