Stone, 67, left the project as the King estate disapproves of his script, reported Ace Showbiz.
"Sad news. My MLK project involvement has ended. I did an extensive rewrite of the script, but the producers won't go with it," Stone wrote on Twitter.
"The script dealt with issues of adultery, conflicts within the movement, and King's spiritual transformation into a higher, more radical being. I'm told the estate & the 'respectable' black community that guard King's reputation won't approve it. They suffocate the man & the truth," Stone said.
Stone is not the only one facing roadblock in his effort to bring the historic story of Martin Luther King Jr to the big screen.
Rival projects called 'Memphis' by director Paul Greengrass and 'Selma' originally set as a directing vehicle for Lee Daniels are having their own issues as well.
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