MOVIES - April 6, 1992

Editor Redford: Move over, Bob Woodward. Robert Redford has a new journalistic hero and plans to bring his story to the big screen. Redford has agreed to portray Bill Kovach in a movie about Kovach’s stormy 23 months as editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Kovach resigned under pressure in 1988 after clashes with the management of Cox Newspapers. Warner Bros. is backing the project and plans to begin shooting this summer. Atlanta author Pat Conroy (“The Prince of Tides”) and Wendell (Sonny) Rawls Jr., a former Constitution editor under Kovach, are working on the final draft of the screenplay.