Dr. Dre Produced Marv Gaye Bpic Expected to Boast a More Than $80M Budget as 'Menace II Society' Creator Allen Hugh Directs

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• WARNER BROS LANDS ALLEN HUGH-DIRECTED MARV GAYE FILM ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’; DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE
• DR. DRE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNC HIS ‘NEXT BIG THG’ IS THE MARV GAYE MOVIE | WATCH
• DR. DRE-PRODUCED MARV GAYE BPIC HEAD TO SCREENS 2023
• DR. DRE PRODUCG MARV GAYE BPIC, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’
• DR. DRE AND JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE MARV GAYE BPIC, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’
• MARV GAYE BPIC IN THE WORKS FROM ALLEN HUGH AND DR. DRE
• DR. DRE PLOTS MARV GAYE BPIC
• DR. DRE PRODUCED MARV GAYE BPIC EXPECTED TO BOAST A MORE THAN $80M BUDGET AS ‘MENACE II SOCIETY’ CREATOR ALLEN HUGH DIRECTS
• DR. DRE IS MAKG A FILM ABOUT MARV GAYE
• WHAT IS HAPPENG WH THE MARV GAYE BPIC DR. DRE IS PRODUCG?

WARNER BROS LANDS ALLEN HUGH-DIRECTED MARV GAYE FILM ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’; DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has land What’s Gog On, a bpic of inic soul sger Marv Gaye that Allen Hugh will direct, and produce wh Dr. The stud acquired a script by poet-playwright Marc Gardley (he wrote the mil The Color Purple for WB) and the sger’s tate and Motown are part of the al so there will be rights to e all of Gaye’s signature songs. Every film of me but the perd film From Hell had some Marv Gaye , and I’ve jt always nnected to him.

The Marv Gaye tate and Motown are squarely aboard, wh the sger’s widow, Jan Gaye, beg an executive producer along wh Suzanne Passe. Hugh and the producers immediately will beg the search for the actor to play Gaye.

Not only do pict the tumultuo relatnship he had wh his father, celebrat the life of the women who fluenced Gaye’s reer and spired some of the most inic love songs of all time.

DR. DRE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNC HIS ‘NEXT BIG THG’ IS THE MARV GAYE MOVIE | WATCH

Gaye’s early reer helped shape the Motown sounds of the ’60. Gaye’s mise was tragic: A day before his 45th birthday 1984, he was shot ad by his father. Gaye was ducted posthumoly to the Songwrers Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Hugh said he expects to e Gaye’s voice the pictn of his songs the film. Marv Gaye – Dr Dre.

DR. DRE-PRODUCED MARV GAYE BPIC HEAD TO SCREENS 2023

Dre officially announc that he’s workg on the Marv Gaye movie and that ’s the next big thg people should expect om him ?. Dre was filmed playg the stud wh some Marv Gaye master rerdgs.

Both Motown and Marv Gaye’s tate are also onboard. Wh the help of Warner Brothers, Dre will be able to utilize all of Gaye’s signature songs.

DR. DRE PRODUCG MARV GAYE BPIC, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’

On top of his negotiatn skills, Dre ed his expertise as a sound producer to help the director rporate Gaye’s voice to the narrative on the movie. Also, back 2021, Deadle reported that the film, tled “What’s Gog On” was beg veloped partnership wh Motown and Gaye’s tate, so filmmakers will have the rights to all of the sger’s signature songs. Copyright and legal issu stalled or nceled several past movie attempts to tell Gaye’s story.

Every film of me, but the perd film From Hell, had some Marv Gaye and I’ve jt always nnected to him. Who’s exced to see a Marv Gaye bpic head up by Dr. Marv Gaye is gettg the bpic treatment, Deadle reported Thursday.

Dre and Interspe Rerds -founr Jimmy Iove are among the Gaye's widow, Jan Gaye, and Motown Rerds are on board wh the project, the film will have the rights to e Gaye's mic, a key ponent that earlier attempts to brg Gaye's life to screen lacked.

DR. DRE AND JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE MARV GAYE BPIC, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’

Hugh has put Gaye's mic projects gog back to "Menace, " which ed "What's Gog On" the trailer. " The lead role has not yet been st, but Hugh says he's hopg to fd an actor whose voice n blend wh Gaye's, whose real vols will be ed throughout the film. Dre is set to produce a bpic about Marv Gaye, Deadle reports.

MARV GAYE BPIC IN THE WORKS FROM ALLEN HUGH AND DR. DRE

Acrdg to Deadle, What’s Gog On is beg veloped partnership wh Motown and Gaye’s tate, so filmmakers will have the rights to all of the sger’s signature songs.

DR. DRE PLOTS MARV GAYE BPIC

Every film of me, but the perd film From Hell, had some Marv Gaye and I’ve jt always nnected to him. Hugh add that several “big-name directors” have tried to nsolidate the rights to release a documentary about Gaye for the past 35 years.

DR. DRE PRODUCED MARV GAYE BPIC EXPECTED TO BOAST A MORE THAN $80M BUDGET AS ‘MENACE II SOCIETY’ CREATOR ALLEN HUGH DIRECTS

Along wh Gaye’s tate and Motown, the inic artist’s widow Jan Gaye is also on board wh the film as an executive producer. Deadle reports that producers have begun the search for an actor to play Gaye and that What’s Gog On will have the largt budget for a bpic about an Ain Amerin mician ever, upwards of $80 ln.

DR. DRE IS MAKG A FILM ABOUT MARV GAYE

“Not only do pict the tumultuo relatnship he had wh his father, celebrat the life of the women who fluenced Gaye’s reer and spired some of the most inic love songs of all time, ” the scriptn adds. The film will also explore Gaye’s cultural and artistic legacy; as a drivg force shapg Motown’s sound the 1960s, a lastg fluence on R&B ntemporary subgenr and as the first Black sger to sign a ln-dollar rerd al. The story of Marv Gaye is officially gettg the on-screen treatment.

Gaye’s tate, widow Jan Gaye, and Motown are part of the al as well, openg the door for origal mil rerdgs to be ed the film.

WHAT IS HAPPENG WH THE MARV GAYE BPIC DR. DRE IS PRODUCG?

The next steps clu stg an actor to brg Marv Gaye’s story alive. Gaye, pivotal to Motown’s velopment and signature sound, is known for not only his sultry, smooth R&B songs such as “Sexual Healg” and “Let’s Get It On, ” but also the polilly charged anthem, “What’s Gog On. Marv Gaye’s tate has yet to release an official statement on the film.

A bpic on the life and tim of Marv Gaye is the works at Warner Bros. The movie al clus the sger's tate and Motown, so Hugh has acquired rights to all of Gaye’s most popular songs. Every film of me but the perd film From Hell had some Marv Gaye , and I’ve jt always nnected to him.