jarrylf Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 After spending years in development at various studios, the biopic on gangsta rap trailblazers NWA seems to now be on the fast track into theaters. Universal, the company producing the film, released the first cast photo from the biopic, titled Straight Outta Compton. The image features O'Shea Jackson Jr., son of the film's producer and NWA founding member Ice Cube, who has been cast to play his father in the film, alongside newcomers Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre andJason Mitchell as Eazy-E. The young stars pose in front of Cube, Dre (also a producer on the film) and director F. Gary Gray in the portrait.Will Packer (Ride Along, Think Like a Man Too) and Eazy-E's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, round out the producing team. The film is scheduled to go in front of cameras this year and has been given an August 14, 2015, release date — a slot originally slated for the next film in the Bourne Identity franchise. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ice Cube Jr............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looks just like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 RIGHT?!?!?! Wonder how his acting is tho. Ugh hate it's over an entire year we'll have to wait, wish they'd just say "2015", why August? Eh but then again they havent done any filming at all so that free's up alot of time to get stuff done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 So is biopics starting to be the thing now? All of a sudden a trillion damn biopics are coming out of nowhere. Thank u VH1 and TLC.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thank GOD they were smart enough to go to theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illi Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thank GOD they were smart enough to go to theaters. This was necessary. They changed American culture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 This was necessary. They changed American culture. TRUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laveaux Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 This was necessary. They changed American culture. RIGHT! Only entertainers that moved mountains should get a full theatrical release. Ray Charles, James Brown, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 This was necessary. They changed American culture. Yup! I had to write a paper on how they shook American society up. Pretty interesting but it made me not like Easy E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yup! I had to write a paper on how they shook American society up. Pretty interesting but it made me not like Easy E Honestly me too, the more I got into them, the less I got into him, getting into them made me appreciate Ice Cube more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Escapade and Jarryl - share the knowledge please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 So is biopics starting to be the thing now? All of a sudden a trillion damn biopics are coming out of nowhere. Thank u VH1 and TLC.. No No NO......these are stories that should be told, they changed the landscape of music in their time, I think its only right to tell these stories, especially Black artists, back in the day these artists came and went did their thing, people got inspired by their work, but no one took the time to tell their story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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