In a recent interview with DigitalSpy.com, Antoine Fuqua confirmed that his next movie will be a biopic about rapper Tupac.
According to the Training Day director, the project has been greenlit by Morgan Creek chairman James G. Robinson, and will begin filming later this year.
“It looks like we’re doing Tupac Shakur’s movie next in September, that’s what I’ve been starting up and working on now,” said Fuqua. “I’ve been working on that for a while with Morgan Creek and Jim Robinson. I just got the greenlight from him and we’re going in September. I’ve just started to prep that.”
“That’s the goal, I want to discover someone new,” said Fuqua, who wants an unknown to play the late rapper. “I want to discover a lot of new people if I can. Obviously I’m going to have to put some people in it that you know, just because actors have different skills. I want to go to the streets and find him anywhere he might be in the world.”
dam ide love to see this movie…………..its about time..i mean after the NOTORIOUS movie i think they should….i mean ressurection was a good documentary but an actual movie would be dope………
if they do this movie they better keep it real.
Dude pac was as real as they as they get. His influence was and still is felt down here in Southern Africa. not like da pop corn rap dem dudes are churning out in states these days
2pac was hot the Pre-Deathrow era. I’m talking about 2paclypse Now, Strictly For My Niggaz, and Me Against The World. After that he became a fake ass nigga when he sold his soul for a dollar.
No disrespect to Big or the movie “Notorious”, but Tupac’s life was much more compelling. From him growing up with the Black panthers, to the constant moving(i.e. New York, Baltimore, Oakland, etc.), to him being shot and left for dead in a studio, to his rape/sexual assault trial & conviction, to his untimely death, and on and on and on.
Plus, on top of that, he was and still is the Greatest Rapper of All Time.
The man died at 25 years old, to me, this was the biggest tragedy in music history.
EXCATLY, 2pac Life was like a movie, but it was his real life, and u forgot, 2pac shooting the corupt cop in his ass, they gotta put that in the movie.
Agreed…also no disrespect to Biggie, but the story of his come up today simply ain’t that unique. A hustler who just happened to know how to rap and the right ears heard it (I use the word “right” very loosely in reference to Puff). Ain’t that the alleged backstory of 99% of mainstream Hip-Hop now?? ‘Pac, HE got a real story behind his legacy, for all the reasons you mentioned above.
Aside from pickin the right actor to portray him, my main concern is how they’re gonna be able to fit all those different aspects of his life into the length of a movie. They could go for a 3-hour joint like the Malcolm X movie, but let’s just be real; the average muthafucka in 2010 don’t have the attention span required to sit thru a 3-hour movie. Nonetheless, I can’t wait to see how this turns out!
Yo, there’s always hope for deleted scenes in the director’s cut.
get the fuck out of here 2pac’s life wasn’t like a fucking movie. That was fake ass nigga.
@RIVAL X—shorty, when Tupac died, you was 8 or 9 years old, WTF do you know about it nigga? NOTHING!
I thought this director was going to shoot the Pablo Escobar movie
how can i help out with this project….i never meet or physically seen pac,,,but i would do anything to contribute towards his life as a icon of our time …..i would hav done anything to witness a Malcolm x ,,MLKJ…..what i got to do
YES!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!
gonna be a great movie
I don’t about Antoine Fuqua as a director but I suppose it could be redone in a couple years if done terribly.
OMG, wow , this movies wouldd be impossible to suck, cuz his life was jus so crazyy, this is gonna make sum crazy cashh, i cant wait man
cant wait to c dat……..n make sure he looks like him cuz da fool that played him on biggies movie didnt even look like him 2pac did not have no gaps lol in his teeth
I no 2pac haters madd,lol, this director did Training Day(Classic), this gotta be a Classic.
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if its anything like Notorious, then they shouldn’t do it at all… but if it has to be made, the only person i see playin pac on the big screen is The Realest, cuz he sounds just like him.
Idk if Anthony Macky who played 2Pac in “Notorious” would reprise his role but if they got a total unknown to capture Pac’s character that would be something. Macky played Pac well but an unknown could deliver the right lines would be surprising. They got a N.W.A and Run-D.M.C. biopic in the works too
Playin with some exclusive fire here…. Fuqua better not fuck this up. Yea Training day was great. But the odds, I feel, are stacked high and well. He wants to set out and find an unknown actor which is something I totally agree with cause Anthony Mackie, no disrespect, just wasnt cuttin it. Biggies movie was rushed anyway. That coulda been way better. But not to stray from the point.. not only has he got to find somebody that can act, he gotta find somebody who can really rap and do those lyrics justice. whether it’s from “Minnie the moocher” or “Holla if ya hear me..” This just HAS to be done right. He better have Ms. Afeni right there along on those casting calls cause who better to say “yea he’ll do.” I wonder how much input she got in on this project?.. This sounds good in writing and in talk, but will it reign true?
I COMPETELY AGREE WITH EVERY WORD U SAID
this is more then a movie like training day this is fooling around one of the most known nation wide name of hip hop he is folling with super hot fire he has to have his mom there because lok wat biggie mom did she had a guy by the name of gravy WHO PLAYED AND LOOKED LIKE BIGGIE 100% i dont think there was any one better for that role ill be very very very pissed if he dont let afeni shakur pick who plays tupac no one else
ANTONIE let afeni shakur pick who plays tupac no one else !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i dont have a propblem with him in fact i think he did a good job in street ball movie but he in my opinion was the worst portrayer in notorious every one played they role great but i wass really really disappointed how he played tupac and he didnt even look like him come on
IF YOU GONNA GET SOMEONE GET SOMEONE WHO CAN DO WHAT RAPPERGGRAVY DID TO BIG MADE US ALL THINK THAT WAS HIM BY LOOKS AND PERSONALTY
an actual movie would be dope..just that it better not be like Notorious, where half of the movie is just about how Biggie and pac feuded..
watch dem taint pac’s legacy with more money making sht. get off his dead dck already
Antoine Fuqua is no joke..everyone should be happy that hes directing this movie! He makes all his movies gritty and exciting..very street and raw..seriously if its any director..its Fuqua! he has a lot of material to work with, I believe in this project..cant wait!
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Duh hes alive, a Real 2pac Fan knows that.
WE NEED A EAZY E MOVIE TOO.
This is going to be GREAT! I Can’t wait! 2pac is one of my heros!
man we do need a eazy movie too but cuz if u wasnt from compton u wouldnt say that sht locc lol
haha I know that is right!!
he should combine with john singleton and create a super dope ass hip hop bipoic
Showing the illumanati hopefully!?
just die please
i am white but im pretty sure that with the right makeup i could play 2pac so this guy should find me.
Who could play Pac really? Anthony Mackie wasn’t too bad in Notorious, has to somebody young but at the same time very talented and also a recognized and good actor, it’s a difficult one to cast.
Shock G : Jeffrey Wright
Suge : Michael Clarke Duncan?
Frank Alexander : Dennis Haysbert ?
Afeni Shukur : CCH Pounder ?
Hope they get the right actors and this is a fitting tribute!
Suge: Michael Clark?Uh, Suge is Light Skin, Clark is Dark Skin, Dude.
dud u just pulled those names outta your ass. NOT ONE of the actors you picked look like the people they will be portraying. GTF!!! please. Jeffery Wright as Shock G?!?!? CCH Pounder as Afeni?!?!? LMMAO dude ur a dumbass
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At least they picked a good Director, thats a start……..Cant wind up worse then Notorious, I really didnt like that much, sorry ya’ll
darris love the nigga who played mondo the gangsta in ice cube’s movie janky promoters he really look like pac
Yeah I can def. feel that, he got the attitude and passion to pull it off…WAY better than Papa Doc ass…”he ain’t a gangsta, his real name’s Clarence!” LOL
Oh yeah…Darius Love was in Gang Tapes too (Lonzo) and had a small part in Waist Deep.
The movie is gonna be good i hope they get the right guy for the part
FINALLY DA REALSHIT!!!!! MAKE SHO ITS DONE RITE, MAKE SHO ITS REAL, THATS D ONLY WAY PAC WOULD WANT IT!!!!!
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are these shameless ass niggas just going to make a new pac movie every 3-4 years until people stop going to see them?
damn
i wonder if they gon included the day when i played basketball with my patna’s out here in fairfield california….jus sayin…
pac was about to release 2pacalypse NOW…it was to dope shoot hoops wit bruh….dude couldn’t shoot though…he was a hack on the court…lol
I can see it now…. *Fuqua murderd for fuckin up the highly anticapated 2 pac film* and in other news handyyyyyyy will most likely comment saying lil Wayne should get a movie about his life. Futher details about this later at 10:00
How could you audition for the movie??
i like dude movies so im glad hes doing it
Fuqua is one of the only good black directors we have left, but I don’t want to see him doing this movie. He had a Pablo Escobar movie in the can, guaranteed to be bananas. Let
They need to get dude from Scarface’s “Smile” video……….or just get Pac himself since he’s somewhere ducked off. Believe that.
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Check this kid out…he can actually act!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3GXjbUxYA
Check this kid out…he can actually act!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3GXjbUxYA
Check this kid out…he can actually act!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3GXjbUxYA
This Tupac movie sounds insane. I wonder how much of a line he’ll cross in showing the day-to-day of his life, especially when he first signed on to DR. personally, I can’t wait for his next project hittin this year called “After Dark.” not so much action but its expected to be one of his best story telling projects
yea i think darris love is the best canidate so far, its more than the looks its the attitde and darris love seems to have what it take to play pac check him out at look at him in 7:07 onn this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA58o89AwYY&feature=related, all i know is in this movie they need to have Nipsey hustle play snoop.
ja rule can do it..what yall think??
WTF is this http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9249693
I have made a fictional film cover of the upcoming 2Pac biopic. It serves as a casting suggestion:
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the movie should start out in the south bronx with afeni shakur joining the panther party in the 70’s that will be real dope!
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idiot
idiot. youre DEFINITELY NOT getting the role like that. idiot. unbefuckinglievable
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