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‘All Eyez On Me’ Blunders Tupac’s Transcendent Image [Review]

June 18, 2017 3:27 pm

The resurrection of an exalted ‘90s rap god will have to wait another day as Tupac Shakur’s tomb remains occupied with his body tossing and turning in response to the results of the egregious biopic, "All Eyez ...

Steve McQueen Directing Tupac Shakur Documentary

Kevin Jagernauth

May 9, 2017 5:22 pm

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It looks like we're in for a couple of years of Tupac Shakur appreciation. This summer, the late iconic rapper gets the biopic treatment with "All Eyez On Me" which looks....serviceable. But the project that we...

Antoine Fuqua’s Tupac Shakur Biopic Being Reworked, Looking To Shoot Mid-November

Simon Dang

August 27, 2010 1:13 pm

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Antoine Fuqua's planned biopic of late, controversial rapper Tupac Shakur is set to undergo a major re-work from the scribing team of Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson ("Ali") before hopefully getting in fr...

‘Middle Men’ Soundtrack Features The Rolling Stones, Moby, 2Pac, Outkast & More

Kevin Jagernauth

June 29, 2010 5:17 pm

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Given that the upcoming porn biz story "Middle Men" starring Luke Wilson looks just a cut above a direct-to-DVD movie, we're a bit surprised the film is not only getting an official soundtrack release, but that...

Antoine Fuqua To Tackle Tupac Shakur Biopic Next

Simon Dang

June 1, 2010 1:47 pm

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Antoine Fuqua has revealed his next film will be a biopic of controversial rapper Tupac Shakur, who was infamously killed during a Las Vegas drive-by shooting in 1996.The director was recently linked to a reun...

‘Straight Out Of Compton!’ N.W.A. Biopic In The Works

Rodrigo Perez

March 7, 2009 7:25 pm

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First there was a movie about the life of the Notorious B.I.G., then a film based on the RUN DMC story was announced, and the planned Tupac Shakur film biography is weighed down in a legal battle, but hip-hop b...

The Rights For Tupac Shakur’s Biopic Caught Up In Legal Quagmire

Rodrigo Perez

February 19, 2009 3:57 pm

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The "Notorious" biopic of slain rapper Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. wasn't fantastic, but apparently did well enough to keep interest in the slain hip-hop star genre alive.Now it's time for Tup...

‘Notorious’ Is Another Greatest Hits Formula

Rodrigo Perez

January 21, 2009 12:50 am

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We should have posted this last week when we saw the film a week before it hit theaters. We got lazy, sue us.Is ten years after an artists life too soon to lionize them onscreen? The Notorious B.I.G. became a h...

Variety Is Feelin’ ‘Notorious’; Calls Hip-Hop Biopic “Rock Solid”

Rodrigo Perez

January 13, 2009 6:32 pm

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"Skim off all the visual bling, and 'Notorious' is a rock-solid biopic with a foolproof rise-and-fall storyline and a warmly nuanced performance by Jamal Woolard as iconic rapper Christopher Wallace -- aka Bigg...

‘Notorious’ Soundtrack Coming January 6; Features Biggie Demo, Plus New Jay-Z & Jadakiss Tracks

Rodrigo Perez

November 20, 2008 6:39 pm

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According to a post on the Biggie's Myspace, the soundtrack to "Notorious," the biopic of slain Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G. will hit on January 6, 2009 via P. Diddy's BadBoy records.The disc will evide...

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