Says here that an NWA biopic is in development. YES!! N.W.A. (zaggiN With Attitude).
Rap is finally getting the Ray treatment. New Line is developing Straight Outta Compton, an urban drama about N.W.A. (a.k.a. Niggaz With Attitude), the hip hop group that helped pioneer the gangsta rap movement in the '80s and early '90s. The project will chronicle the rise and fall of the rap quartet, founded by Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and MC Ren, whose songs were so incendiary (i.e. "F--- tha Police") they were banned from radio playlists but still sold millions of albums. Then came the inevitable fiery breakup, a grudge match between the former bandmates, and Eazy-E's tragic death due to AIDS. The film's producers, which include Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Tomica Wright (Eazy-E's widow), and Circle of Confusion entertainment, are now actively searching for a director along the lines of Curtis Hanson (8 Mile).
Now I enjoyed the B.I.G. biopic, but this, if done right, will absolutely be mind-blowing. I wonder if all the remaining guys will have input. They'll have to!The difference with this and the B.I.G. biopic and this is that BIG (obviously) has passed on and only the people around him are alive. For Cube, Dre, Ren, Yella, and possibly the DOC, if the movie's about them ALL of them are still around and two of them are very relevant. So if you're gonna make a movie about someone that's still living, you've gotta bring it. I'm looking forward to it. I'll go ahead and stash my $7 away for this one.
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