LOS ANGELES: The wild life and times of Hollywood legend Steve McQueen are to be immortalised in a biopic of the iconic late actor known as the ‘King of Cool’, it was reported on January 14.

Daily Variety said producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters had acquired the film rights to the biography Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel by Marshall Terrill. The film will focus on McQueen’s movie career, which began in 1956 when he won an uncredited role in Somebody Up There Likes Me. Terrill’s biography also delved into McQueen’s turbulent life off screen, where he indulged a penchant for fast cars, motorcycles and drugs, was married three times and had a stormy relationship with Ali McGraw.

Known for performances in The Great Escape, Bullitt, and The Cincinatti Kid, he died in 1980.