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Warner Bros. Acquires Marvin Gaye Biopic ‘What’s Going On’ With Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Producing
Warner Bros. has acquired Marvin Gaye biopic “What’s Going On,” Variety has confirmed.
“What’s Going On” has been in the works for a number of years. The news that Dr. Dre was working on a film about the late soul icon first broke in 2018. Dr. Dre will produce alongside Jimmy Iovine and Andrew Lazar, with Allen Hughes set to direct. After a number of tries to adapt Gaye’s story for the big screen, Warner Bros. has struck a deal that includes a script by poet-playwright Marcus Gardley and the rights to use all of Gaye’s signature songs, as his estate and Motown were part of the agreement.
Gaye’s life has long warranted its place among great music biopics. The legendary singer lay out such hits as “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing” and “Let’s Acquire It On,” and was later fatally shot in 1984 at age 44 by his father. Over the last few decades, F. Gary Gray, Cameron Crowe, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin, Jesse L. Martin and Lenny Kravitz possess all fa
Terrence Howard Turned Down Marvin Gaye Biopic Because He Didn’t Want to Brush a Man: “I Would Cut My Lips Off”
Terrence Howard missed out on the chance to play both Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye in biopics but for other reasons.
He calls passing on the former the “biggest mistake” of his career, saying on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast that he declined the offer from Robinson himself because he was already talking with Lee Daniels about playing Gaye in another biopic.
Maher agreed that was the right call, saying Gaye’s life story was “much more interesting” and that Howard “would’ve been perfect as Marvin Gaye, and that is a story that needs to be told.”
But Howard didn’t end up illustrating Gaye either.
“I was over at Quincy Jones’ property and I’m asking Quincy, ‘I’m hearing rumors that Marvin was gay’ and I’m like, ‘Was he gay?’” Howard said. “And Quincy’s like, ‘Yes.’”
That was a dealbreaker for Howard, he told Maher.
“They would’ve wanted to do that, and I wouldn
Warner Bros Lands Allen Hughes-Directed Marvin Gaye Film ‘What’s Going On’; Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine To Produce
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has landed What’s Going On, a biopic of iconic soul singer Marvin Gaye that Allen Hughes will guide, and produce with Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Andrew Lazar. The studio acquired a script by poet-playwright Marcus Gardley (he wrote the musical The Tint Purple for WB) and the singer’s estate and Motown are part of the deal so there will be rights to use all of Gaye’s signature songs. This finally will take to the screen the singer’s story, after many previous tries by different filmmakers stalled or fell short of the rights needed.
“This is so personal for me,” Hughes told Deadline. “When I made my first movie with my brother, we were fortunate to get “What’s Going On” into the trailer for Menace 2 Society, and it was a game changer in elevating the marketing of that film. Every film of mine but the period film From Hell had some Marvin Gaye in it, and I’ve just always connected to him. He’s the artist’s artist, with this ethereal voi
Dr. Dre-produced Marvin Gaye biopic headed to screens in 2023
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are among the producers on board for the Motown legend's story, which will contain full rights to use Gaye's music.
Aretha Franklin is not the only Detroit music legend whose story is coming to the large screen.
Marvin Gaye is getting the biopic treatment, Deadline reported Thursday. The motion picture, "What's Going On," will be directed by Allen Hughes, one-half of the Detroit-native Hughes Brothers ("Menace II Society," "Dead Presidents"), while Dr. Dre and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine are among the producers.
Since Gaye's widow, Jan Gaye, and Motown Records are on board with the undertaking, the film will have the rights to use Gaye's music, a key component that earlier attempts to carry Gaye's life to screen lacked.
Playwright Marcus Gardley will marker the script. The film will contain a reported budget of more than $80 million and is described as a "musical odyssey" rather than a straightforward biopic.
“This is so personal for me,” Hughes told Deadline. Hughes has put Gaye's music in projects going help to "Menace," which used "What's Going On" in the tr