Dr.
Dre is working on a movie about the late singer Marvin Gaye, Variety has learned.
The rapper, whose film credits include 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton,” on which he served as a producer and an inspiration for the film, is in the early stages of getting the project off the ground.
And rights to use Gaye’s music has been secured, according to sources.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is home to Gaye’s songwriting credits.There have been multiple attempts to give Gaye the biopic treatment.
The soul singer behind such hits as “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing” and “Let’s Get It On” became one of Motown’s most successful artists before he was fatally shot in 1984 at age 44 by his father following a family dispute in their Los Angeles home.
F.
Gary Gray, Cameron Crowe, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin and actors including Jesse L.
Martin and Lenny Kravitz
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