Lenny Kravz tells why he dropped out of playg Marv Gaye a planned bpic on the sger.
Contents:
- WARNER BROS LANDS ALLEN HUGH-DIRECTED MARV GAYE FILM ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’; DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE
- A MARV GAYE MIL BPIC WH THE FULL BACKG OF MOTOWN IS THE WORKS
- WARNER BROS. ACQUIR MARV GAYE BPIC ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ WH DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE PRODUCG
- SNOOP DOGG BPIC HAS PRRY OVER MARV GAYE FILM, SAYS ALLEN HUGH
- LENNY KRAVZ FALLY EXPLAS WHY HE DROPPED OUT OF THE MARV GAYE BPIC
- MARV GAYE
- MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON"
WARNER BROS LANDS ALLEN HUGH-DIRECTED MARV GAYE FILM ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’; DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE TO PRODUCE
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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.
A MARV GAYE MIL BPIC WH THE FULL BACKG OF MOTOWN IS THE WORKS
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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. 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.
Warner Bros has announced has bought the rights to an upg Marv Gaye bpic tled What’s Gog On, to be directed by Allen Hugh.
WARNER BROS. ACQUIR MARV GAYE BPIC ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ WH DR. DRE, JIMMY IOVE PRODUCG
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“Every film of me but the perd film From Hell had some Marv Gaye , and I’ve jt always nnected to him.
There have been plenty of great artists, and then Marv, his own more: The tragic story of Marv Gaye and the untimely ath of a soul legend“When you listen, one measure you feel like you’ve read a novel. ”Read more: Marv Gaye's 10 greatt songs ever, rankedOver the years, there have been var attempts by different filmmakers to direct a Marv Gaye film, but they have all fallen through until will work wh Gaye’s tate and Motown on the project, so will have the rights to e all of the inic sger’s signature songs. Marv Gaye sgg 'I Heard Through the Grapeve' wh vols stripped is credible.
'What's Gog On' by Marv GayeWrten by poet Marc Gardley, the film is scribed as a "mil odyssey" focg on “the life of one of Ameri’s greatt sgers and micians” film will feature the story of his past wh events that helped shape his legendary fal tour. It will also feature the tumultuo relatnship Gaye had wh his father - who eventually shot and killed his famo son - and will celebrate the life of the women who fluenced Gaye’s reer, and spired some of the greatt love songs of all time. Has acquired Marv Gaye bpic “What’s Gog On, ” Variety has nfirmed.
SNOOP DOGG BPIC HAS PRRY OVER MARV GAYE FILM, SAYS ALLEN HUGH
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After a number of tri to adapt Gaye’s story for the big screen, Warner Bros. Has stck a al that clus a script by poet-playwright Marc Gardley and the rights to e all of Gaye’s signature songs, as his tate and Motown were part of the agreement.
Gaye’s life has long warranted s place among great mic bpics. Mart and Lenny Kravz have all failed to get the thorizatn om Gaye’s fay to tell his story. Instead of a tradnal, lear bpic, “What’s Gog On” will thread Gaye’s past wh the events that shaped his fal tour to rult a “mil odyssey” and “theatril experience, ” acrdg to Deadle Hollywood, which first broke the news about Warners acquirg the bpic.
Allen also says he's still on board for the Marv Gaye bpic but 's currently takg a back seat to the Snoop productn. At this pot, you uld make a pellg film about all the aborted attempts to make a pellg film about Marv Gaye.
LENNY KRAVZ FALLY EXPLAS WHY HE DROPPED OUT OF THE MARV GAYE BPIC
Enter Lenny Kravz a year later, wh the sger g on board as Gaye for what would have been his first lead role a film. The movie foced on Gaye’s stt Europe the early 1980s when he was tryg to curb a dg addictn, get his health back, and rtart his reer.
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Dpe Temple’s film reportedly securg the rights to Gaye’s mic — a feat that stymied many of his petors — never got off the ground and remas a “What if? “I went to Oostend, ” Kravz tells Rollg Stone, referrg to the small Belgian cy where Gaye lived and cleaned up.
Gaye would ntue to live abroad and engeered a reer eback wh 1982’s Midnight Love, which featured his fal h “Sexual Healg. In his recently released memoir Let Love Rule, Kravz wr about learng of Gaye’s murr.
MARV GAYE'S "WHAT'S GOG ON"
“When I later learned that Marv Gaye Sr. Playg Marv Gaye is a wonrful opportuny but [long pse] I’m jt tryg to do my thg.