Two dual biopics about legendary entertainers are on their way, with a Sammy Davis Jr biopic in development at Paramount and a Marvin Gaye biopic in the works with Dr. Dre.
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This first Straight Outta Compton trailer, which dramatizes the rise of the rap group N.W.A, comes complete with a long intro featuring founding members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. In the film, Cube's son O’Shea Jackson Jr. plays his father, while Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell are Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E respectively. The film follows the late-'80s rise…
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Universal has released the first Straight Outta Compton cast photo, featuring the actors playing rap group N.W.A in their own biopic.
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The story of LA rap group N.W.A is a fairly short one, and has been told already through the best means available -- their records and the songs and albums that members released after the group started to disintegrate. But what the hell, let's get a biopic together, anyway. Straight Outta Compton, titled after N.W.A's…
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The ESPN documentary series, 30 for 30, continues a phenomenal and original run at uniting fans of sports history and cinema with Straight Outta L.A. Directed and narrated by Ice Cube, in O.G. gruff mode, the doc examines the stylistic endorsement of the Los Angeles Raiders in the mid-to-late ’80s by West Coast gangsta rap pioneers…
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