Steve Harvey Biopic ‘Seventy-Two’ In Works At Objectively Good Media
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Objectively Good Media is in early development on Seventy-Two, an authorized biopic on actor, comedian and TV presenter Steve Harvey, Deadline has learned.
Producers will include Mohamed Kheir and Matthew R. Cooper for OGM, as well as East 112, which is headed by Harvey and Thabiti Stephens, the Chief Strategy Officer of Steve Harvey Global.
A writer is not yet attached to the project. Seventy-Two centers on a transformative 72-hour period, ahead of a career-defining performance for Harvey at the legendary Apollo Theatre in 1993.
The film will provide audiences an intimate look at the perseverance and challenges that defined Harvey’s career. At age 26, Harvey left a secure sales job to pursue a career in comedy, facing numerous obstacles along the way.
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