Oscar-nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater has signed on to develop, write and direct an untitled film based on the life of controversial comedian Bill Hicks for Focus Features, Collider has exclusively learned. Hicks got his start doing comedy in Texas, and Linklater was a big fan growing up, so he was especially sad when Hicks died prematurely of cancer just as he was rising to prominence. … Continue reading Richard Linklater to Write and Direct Bill Hicks Movie for Focus!!!