Antoine Fuqua Directing 2pac Biopic
Wed, June 2, 2010 
A biopic on Tupac Shakur is currently in the works and Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn’s Finest) has signed on to direct, according to digitalspy.
In an interview with the site Fuqua said production company Morgan Creek recently approved his role in the flick. “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,” he said
The former music video director said he’s interested in finding an unknown actor to play the iconic hip-hop legend. “That’s the goal, I want to discover someone new,” he revealed. “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.”
News of the film comes just two weeks before his birthday. On June 16, ’Pac would have turned 39-years-old.
This is something I've been waiting a long time to hear. As much as I enjoyed the Notorious BIG biopic Notorious in 2009, I felt that the portrayal of Tupac was done horribly wrong. Anthony Mackie was far from what my first choice would have been for the role.
Given Fuqua's track record I'd say he can be trusted to do the late Icon Tupac Shakur justice on film. No details on the screenplay have been revealed, but I'm not expecting this to take place near the end of his life and career for much of the film. My guess is this will be more of a rise to fame, and his real life behind the scenes biopic. As opposed to his sudden death at the young age of 25, and his controversial actions in his last days.
If shooting does in fact take place this fall we can likely expect to see a release by spring or summer of next year.
Reader Comments (2)
this to me is as exciting as Batman coming in July 2012, or superman in Xmas 2012! I liked notorious too, but you're right they fucked up Pac big time. I hope they do something true to who he really was.
I didn't like Mackie as Pac either, and I think they glorified the whole "situation" in notorious. I hope they tell things how they really happened if they do delve into the end of his run.