Deadline is reporting that Tate Taylor, director if The Help, is in negotiations to direct a biopic of music legend James Brown. The film is being produced by Brian Grazer and Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger.
Jagger:
“It’s a great honor to be involved with a project as rich as the story of the legendary James Brown. He was a mesmerizing performer with a fascinating life.”
Per Deadline “the story charts a young boy’s rise from extreme poverty and violence to become The Godfather Of Soul, one of the most influential black artists in history whose career spanned six decades.”
Brown’s widow, Tommie Rae Brown:
“I am deeply honored that Mick Jagger and Brian Grazer, two of my husband James Brown’s favorite people, have entered into a partnership to bring his inspirational story to the big screen.”
And his daughter, Deanna Brown Thomas:
“My...
Jagger:
“It’s a great honor to be involved with a project as rich as the story of the legendary James Brown. He was a mesmerizing performer with a fascinating life.”
Per Deadline “the story charts a young boy’s rise from extreme poverty and violence to become The Godfather Of Soul, one of the most influential black artists in history whose career spanned six decades.”
Brown’s widow, Tommie Rae Brown:
“I am deeply honored that Mick Jagger and Brian Grazer, two of my husband James Brown’s favorite people, have entered into a partnership to bring his inspirational story to the big screen.”
And his daughter, Deanna Brown Thomas:
“My...
- 10/23/2012
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
The Help director Tate Taylor is currently in negotiations to direct a feature film biopic of musical legend James Brown. The movie is being produced by Image Entertainment's Brian Grazer and The Rolling Stone's Mick Jagger is also along for the ride as a producer!
The film was written by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Birthday Girl, The Last Legion, Fair Game). According to Deadline, "the story charts a young boy’s rise from extreme poverty and violence to become The Godfather Of Soul, one of the most influential black artists in history whose career spanned six decades. Grazer started the project at a time when the singer himself was an active part in its development, before he died in late 2006."
Well, it's cool to see the project finally moving forward again after all this years. This is a passion project for Grazer who has said Brown was "one of the most electric,...
The film was written by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Birthday Girl, The Last Legion, Fair Game). According to Deadline, "the story charts a young boy’s rise from extreme poverty and violence to become The Godfather Of Soul, one of the most influential black artists in history whose career spanned six decades. Grazer started the project at a time when the singer himself was an active part in its development, before he died in late 2006."
Well, it's cool to see the project finally moving forward again after all this years. This is a passion project for Grazer who has said Brown was "one of the most electric,...
- 10/23/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
'He's putting it out there and I like it,' one fan says of the clip.
By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
Photo: Nino Brown
Lil Wayne's video for "I'm Single" premiered Sunday (April 18) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" as well as MTV Jams. The clip finds Wayne performing his record from the No Ceilings mixtape and standing up his main squeeze to slide off with his side chick. Wayne's wifey is so outraged she takes a knife and stabs a cake that was meant for the Fireman.
DJ Scoob Doo directed the clip and said he was inspired by Martin Lawrence when coming up with the treatment.
"[Wayne's girl was mad that] he didn't make it home in time," Scoob said of the story line. "He stayed out all night. That's the idea I got with the song — it brought me back to watching the film 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.'...
By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
Photo: Nino Brown
Lil Wayne's video for "I'm Single" premiered Sunday (April 18) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" as well as MTV Jams. The clip finds Wayne performing his record from the No Ceilings mixtape and standing up his main squeeze to slide off with his side chick. Wayne's wifey is so outraged she takes a knife and stabs a cake that was meant for the Fireman.
DJ Scoob Doo directed the clip and said he was inspired by Martin Lawrence when coming up with the treatment.
"[Wayne's girl was mad that] he didn't make it home in time," Scoob said of the story line. "He stayed out all night. That's the idea I got with the song — it brought me back to watching the film 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.'...
- 4/18/2010
- MTV Music News
'He's putting it out there and I like it,' one fan says of the clip.
By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
Photo: Nino Brown
Lil Wayne's video for "I'm Single" premiered Sunday (April 18) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" as well as MTV Jams. The clip finds Wayne performing his record from the No Ceilings mixtape and standing up his main squeeze to slide off with his side chick. Wayne's wifey is so outraged she takes a knife and stabs a cake that was meant for the Fireman.
DJ Scoob Doo directed the clip and said he was inspired by Martin Lawrence when coming up with the treatment.
"[Wayne's girl was mad that] he didn't make it home in time," Scoob said of the story line. "He stayed out all night. That's the idea I got with the song — it brought me back to watching the film 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.'...
By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
Photo: Nino Brown
Lil Wayne's video for "I'm Single" premiered Sunday (April 18) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" as well as MTV Jams. The clip finds Wayne performing his record from the No Ceilings mixtape and standing up his main squeeze to slide off with his side chick. Wayne's wifey is so outraged she takes a knife and stabs a cake that was meant for the Fireman.
DJ Scoob Doo directed the clip and said he was inspired by Martin Lawrence when coming up with the treatment.
"[Wayne's girl was mad that] he didn't make it home in time," Scoob said of the story line. "He stayed out all night. That's the idea I got with the song — it brought me back to watching the film 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.'...
- 4/18/2010
- MTV Music News
'This is almost tiding his fans over until he gets out,' one fan tells MTV News.
By Steven Roberts
Lil Wayne
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage
New York — Lil Wayne's newest video, for "I'm Single," premieres Sunday at noon Et on MTV Jams and MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown." The song is one of the cuts featured on Wayne's 2009 mixtape, No Ceilings, and the clip was directed by DJ Scoob Doo.
The video is one of many clips Wayne filmed before heading off to serve a one-year prison sentence at New York's Rikers Island for weapons charges. MTV News hit the streets of Times Square to show fans a sneak peek of the video and see if Wayne's forward thinking will keep his fans satisfied.
"Even though he is incarcerated, he's still making music, he's still out there, he's still got music for his fans, he's putting it out there,...
By Steven Roberts
Lil Wayne
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage
New York — Lil Wayne's newest video, for "I'm Single," premieres Sunday at noon Et on MTV Jams and MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown." The song is one of the cuts featured on Wayne's 2009 mixtape, No Ceilings, and the clip was directed by DJ Scoob Doo.
The video is one of many clips Wayne filmed before heading off to serve a one-year prison sentence at New York's Rikers Island for weapons charges. MTV News hit the streets of Times Square to show fans a sneak peek of the video and see if Wayne's forward thinking will keep his fans satisfied.
"Even though he is incarcerated, he's still making music, he's still out there, he's still got music for his fans, he's putting it out there,...
- 4/16/2010
- MTV Music News
I've added a new subset to my overwhelming American Idol addiction, and it focuses solely on the contestants of season 8! Indeed, thanks to the vocal firepower of Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, and Allison Iraheta (not to mention Anoop Desai, #signmattgiraud, Mishavonna Henson, and Deanna Brown), there's so much news and music and awesomeness making its way to the Internet that some days I barely have time to get out of my pajamas. (For the record, I type this clad in Old Navy sleep bottoms and a promotional jersey I received from the publicist for Fox's Brothers, a show I have never seen.
- 11/11/2009
- by Michael Slezak
- EW.com - PopWatch
So that's where all the drama was hiding?in groups of three or four! The claws came out, the tears flowed and one contestant saw evil in Paula Abdul's eyes during American Idol's group round, which may have been created for no other reason than to show us just how hard it is to play nice with others. About 30 people blew it tonight—some rather surprisingly—including Emily Wynne-Hughes, Rose Flack and David Osmond and Deanna Brown, all of whom were oohed and aahed over early on. Even Katrina "Bikini Girl" Darrell came undone in the end, felled by the very high heels that helped carry her to Hollywood. But while some frittered away their last few minutes of fame...
- 2/5/2009
- E! Online
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