ChrisOD1964 Posted June 8, 2008 Posted June 8, 2008 Hot on the heels of the news of a Chess Records movie being made comes news that not one, but two Marvin Gaye films are in production. First up is Marvin: The Life Story of Marvin Gaye: a straightforward biopic of Gaye's whole life, directed by veteran film-maker D. Stevens. It apparently will incorporate 24 of the soul legend's songs into a script written by Gregg Guss and Robert Scharrer. No news of who is playing Gaye yet, but but we do know that Roberta Flack will serve as music supervisor on the $40 million production.And second up is Sexual Healing, loosely based on Steve Turner's book 'Trouble Man', which chronicles Gaye's self-imposed exile in Belgium and his return to the mainstream with the assistance of Belgian friend and promoter Freddy Cousaert. Jesse L. Martin (star of Law and Order) has been cast as Gaye in the film, and will be joined by James Gandolfini (famous for his role in The Soprano's), who will play the part of Cousaert. The $15 million production will be directed by Lauren Goodman and produced by Gandolfini's production company Attaboy Films.Both films are set for release in 2009. No doubt both productions will be in a rush to beat the other to release first, so if we're lucky we may even see one out by the end of this year.
Mike Posted June 8, 2008 Posted June 8, 2008 chris thanks for pass on this was already up on here in february and been mentioned last day or so https://www.soul-source.co.uk/rare-northern...ilming-in-april https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Marvin-...ilm#entry786049 plus ask if posting stuff from other sites its best that post a link believe modculture was orign of your post ?
ChrisOD1964 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Posted June 8, 2008 chris thanks for pass on this was already up on here in february and been mentioned last day or so https://www.soul-source.co.uk/rare-northern...ilming-in-april https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Marvin-...ilm#entry786049 plus ask if posting stuff from other sites its best that post a link believe modculture was orign of your post ? ok mike. chris
ChrisOD1964 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Posted June 8, 2008 have you got a link to orign of your post? no sorry mike. pm sent to you. chris
Mike Posted June 8, 2008 Posted June 8, 2008 apparently the "sexual healing " one that seemed to be the closest to finsih, has had its date pushed back to 2010 along with reports that funding has been a problem
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