Veteran Hollywood actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood – whose films include “Unforgiven,” “Gran Torino” and “Million Dollar Baby” – is said to be in negotiations at the moment, to direct a biopic that will be about controversial FBI founder J Edgar Hoover.
According to a recent article at The Press Association, Eastwood is said to be teaming up with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment on the movie, which is from a script that is written by Academy Award-winning “Milk” director Dustin Lance Black.
The subject of the movie – J Edgar Hoover – remained in his position as the first director of the FBI – founded in 1935 – until he died in 1972. It was revealed that he had employed the FBI to harass political activists, and had used illegal methods to create secret files on leaders.
Although the project isn’t linked to a studio at the moment, Warner Bros. has been penned as a likely choice as that is where Eastwood’s Malpaso production company is based. There is a connection between Hoover and the studio – Warner hired him as a consultant on a movie once.
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