Steve McQueen To Direct Tupac Shakur Documentary

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Steve McQueen To Direct Tupac Shakur Documentary

12 Years A Slave helmer Steve McQueen will direct a full length feature documentary on the life of iconic hip hop star Tupac Shakur. A deal has come together between Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment, the company created by Afeni Shakur to release her son’s posthumous projects. They are teaming with Nigel Sinclair’s White Horse Pictures and Jayson Jackson to produce a fully authorized documentary with Amaru on the life of late hip-hop artist, writer and poet. McQueen, who won the Oscar for the Best Picture winner 12 Years A Slave will direct and Jayson Jackson (What Happened, Miss Simone?) will produce with Sinclair, the man behind a slew of musical documentaries including the most recent, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week–The Touring Years, along with Nicholas Ferrall and Whalley. Gloria Cox, Tupac Shakur’s aunt and Afeni Shakur’s only sister, will executive produce along with White Horse’s Jeanne Elfant Festa. White Horse Pictures will be the worldwide sales agent on the film.

Said McQueen: “I am extremely moved and excited to be exploring the life and times of this legendary artist. I attended NYU film school in 1993 and can remember the unfolding hip-hop world and mine overlapping with Tupac’s through a mutual friend in a small way. Few, if any shined brighter than Tupac Shakur. I look forward to working closely with his family to tell the unvarnished story of this talented man.”

 

[Dad]

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Emoryal]

Only reason I know Steve McQueen is Atlanta tbh

 

[JulesWinfield]

Only reason I know Steve McQueen is Atlanta tbh

You never heard of 12 Years a Slave?

 

[Ol’Otis]

2pac Resurrection was enough

they about to milk this n*gga legacy

 

[KevCo]

2pac Resurrection was enough

they about to milk this n*gga legacy

How can they do better than a documentary that tupac himself narrates

But ill watch it regardless as McQueen is dope

 

[Emoryal]

You never heard of 12 Years a Slave?

yea

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

I'm going to wait and see.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

when i first read two days ago i was pretty surprised!!!!!
i wonder how john singleton feels? LOL

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

2pac Resurrection was enough

they about to milk this n*gga legacy

really? he has one documentary that's it ..the rest is about his murder investigations etc..
this will be a world wide release like resurrection..only 2 docs.

it's fine.

 

[Ol’Otis]

really? he has one documentary that's it ..the rest is about his murder investigations etc..
this will be a world wide release like resurrection..only 2 docs.

it's fine.

Thug Angel and Before I wake

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Thug Angel and Before I wake

oh yeah, low budget for sure.
THEY WERE PUTTING THOSE VHS TAPES in quick time..
the UK had a dope 2pac documentary..it aired maybe 99 or 2000?

 

[Danie84]

Tupac Resurrection gave US all WE needed to Ovastand about his shorit prolific life

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I fukks with Steve McQueen, but is this really necessary? We've already had:

Tupac: Resurrection
Tupac: Assassination
Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake
Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw
Thug Immortal: The Tupac Shakur Story
Biggie & Tupac

And then we've got the 2pac biopic coming out next month. Let this nikka rest in peace. Cotdamn.