Pittsburgh Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua, best known for directing the award-winning film Training Day, has been working on a biopic about the late Tupac Shakur for some time. Now some details about the planned film have come to light. The film will of course feature actors portraying Tupac, his mother, and Suge Knight. But, more surprising, Jada Pinkett Smith will also play a part in the film, having been a classmate and friend of the young rapper during his teen years in Baltimore.
The film’s official synopsis, courtesy of Moviehole.com, reads like this: “The rise and fall of TUPAC SHAKUR is chronicled, from his days attending the Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager, to his decision to leave his mother’s dead-end life behind and embrace the Thug Life in California, to his wild success as a rapper and his dangerous war against the East Coast scene. A true poet who was waylaid by fame’s trappings, his earliest ambition was to change the world and make a difference in people’s lives, and before his tragic murder in Las Vegas in 1996, that’s exactly what 2Pac did…”
So far, no actors have been attached to the flick but Moviehole has a quote from Fuqua about how he will approach the casting, “I want to discover someone new. 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.” To read more about the movie, including full character bios, head over to Moviehole.com.
Da Original West Coast Don Tupac baby!
And Scottie Minor is a bitch nigga talking about whites like that
nigga u a lightskinned faggot go suck a dick or something nigga
racist dumb fuck ass nigga
lightskinned niggaz always fuckin shit up
i bet yo fuked yo mama!
and im black btw
who cares
@Rick – then don’t click on the link you retard
i heard 2pac is starring as 2pac
yeah i heard that too
Now that shit will be scary as hell. Lol
looking forward to this, should be better than the crappy “Notorious” film.
yeah notorious was shit. this hopefully will be better.
Notorious was a great film. Inspires me to write music.
It inspires you to do what? Wow. Just say to the world “I am a big bitch” next time and save yourself the energy and thought.
Waits for superguccirap 2 say gucci should play 2pac
2Pac’s New Album Has Been Confirmed By Amaru …Check his new official website http://www.2pac.com
and the album will suck..everybody knows the albums that have been released just suck..i grew up on pac..not some kid who couldnt remember when pac was alive.if daz or dre doesnt produce it, then its bullshit.nothing against em but em fucked up that whole album he produced.pac needs that westcoast sound behind his lyrics.deathrow/digital underground days
When Pac and I was kids, we used to kick it and such. But not no more. This dude lost one crazy game of cee-lo to my boy and couldn’t come up with the paper so now he in hiding. I keeps saying to him that I’m a hold dude how while he pay off his debts if he sign to Bricksquad. 2Pac wasn’t his own entity like I am. Pac always depended on other dudes. That’s no way to live. Pac wasn’t a real man.
Ain’t nobody laughin’ fool…so get yo stinkin’ brain dead Radric ruggedy-ass Davis the fuck outta Hip Hop & 2pac’s shit, otherwise the drama’s gon’ be BRRRRRRR, BITCH!
Yea I heard Pac was playing Pac in the movie too. We all know that nigga aint dead….
So you tell us that you have details on the cast of the new Tupac film, and then tell us that those details are… you don’t know who’s gonna star in any of the roles. Hell, my Gran has dementia and doesn’t know shit either, maybe she should get a job as a reporter too.
I can already guess the ending.
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Lets see, the biopic about the life of 2pac’s plot is going to be the life of 2pac, amazing!
seriously. why is this news
When I see you I’m gont stump you nobody boy real g here fucker gotta die cause lame yeh weak germ perm shallomar bitch this the homie tap out tony ya fuck with judah japanigga bitch assyou die too like I said this telflon tapout tony real spit blame it on the rain. When the k spray all day
.i know he told me the ghost inside me he likes me last night he took off my sheets and i was cold and scared,he was sitting on my chest i couldn’t breath he said his name was Mor or Mora i fought with him to let me go but he persisted and continued to show me the spaceships and the light said you are the chosen one jesus was sent by us,so was muhammed we created men there is not one god but many who came to enslave mankind who built the pyramids he said their goal is to enslave man so he can never leave earth his soul shall stay trapped on earth forever and never reach heavens.
ur fucked bud.
SMH @ this dumb spiritual non-sense…FOH
dat nigga on dat hanna montana
Fuqua aint no joke, his shit is raw as hellll. Cant wait!
Fuqua is a great director but i really hope they cast someone who can Mimic 2pac, Because the dude who played 2Pac in “Notorious” was fuckin terrible, I enjoyed Notorious But they fucked Pac up on that.
agreed, Anthony Mackie did a horrible job at Pac. He was good in the Hurt Locker though.
That Jamal cat who played Biggie ain’t dissappoint at all, shout outs to him fo’ dat shit. Antoine Fuqua ain’t no joke when it comes ta dis & I damn sure know he ain’t gon’ let us forever ‘Pac fans down. I hope them people he gon’ be bringin’ on board mean business and understand that this is about an icon, one of the legendary people to ever set foot on earth, especially the ‘Pac character…All eyes will be on him. Big ups to this biopic & Fuqua, R.I.P ‘Pac
they should get fredro star to play Tupac.
Boring! Again a pac movie from this wanabee thug and so called best rapper ever.
nothing boring here except your post youngin!
That quote was from like 8 months ago, so really this is nothing new except for the info about Jada! Lets get this movie rolling man, ive waited for this for years!!!!
Please! Please can they finally do Pac justice! We have yet to see an actor even come close to mimicing Pac so i guess well have to wait and see what becomes of this. i guess we should just be happy that Antoine Fuqua is bringing the greatest Rap artist of All Time back in the conciousness of america because HipHop as a whole has sure done NOTHING to keep this mans memory alive. Its fukn crazy to think that there are people out there who dont know about the golden age of rap, but i guess if they did know about it they wouldnt call Gay-Z and Lil Wayne the best to ever do it. R.I.P. Pac
R.I.P. TO THE GREAT ONE….. DAMN I MISS HIM…. LET’S JUST HOPE WHEN IT’S ALL SAID and DONE…. THEY DO HIM JUSTICE and FIND A CREDIBLE, LOOK-ALIKE or SIMILAR ACTOR TO PLAY HIM and PLAY HIM RIGHT.
AMEN!
i don’t even care if he is a “pac look-a-like” just as long as he potrays him well in character. We all know what pac looked like so we dont need an exact replica, just someone who will do the part justice.
the juice character bishop meets o dog menance to society with touches of martin luthar king an gandi, thats gotta be one hell of an actor
wick
How will this one end If we don’t have any suspects for Tupac’s Murder?
it just ends leaving you wanting more,pure genius really
The future
Watch the new up and coming artist. Shit goes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxkhZEqSxs
OH GREAT! another poorly produced rap biopic with AN ALL NEW CAST! CAUSE THAT WORKED FOR NOTORIOUS smh its not time for his biopic they are going to ruin the story
i think it would be hysterical if pac played himself in the movie. Best comeback in the history of anything!
if only.
I been checking u fool’s comments since u replied bullshit to me in one of ma comments on that Preemo interview…u talk a bunch of diaper-filled shit like u mumblin’, faggot-bitch. Re-visit yo garbage blogs on this one & see if u won’t get a shock punk nigga!
Hi, I will like to work on the story boards in this movie, if you want.
I do a lot of illustrations book, story boards for agencies, now i doing my own story in graphic novel.
Tupac for me was mentor and a inspiration, and still do….
Thanks
Etienne Class