Clint Eastwood Will Direct J Edgar Hoover Film

1268420154_Hoover.jpgClint Eastwood has signed on to direct a film chronicling FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, ComingSoon reports. Ron Howard will produce the film. Hoover was the first director of the FBI and stayed there until he died in 1972. His leadership was very controversial which is a topic that seems to appeal to Eastwood (cough cough, Million Dollar Baby).