Plans to bring the life of the founder of the United Farm Workers to the big screen are in the final stages, according to members of Cesar Chavez’s family, and the foundation that bears his name.

According to “The Hollywood Report,” the film about the famed Mexican American civil rights leader and labor activist will be made by Mexico-based Canana Films, owned by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna.

The screenwriters for the film are already in place, according to Manuel Bernal, vice president of the Cesar Chavez Foundation told EFE.

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