Dr. Dre is making a Marvin Gaye movie

David Pescovitz 2:28 pm Wed Jun 20, 2018

The following people have all unsuccessfully tried to bring Marvin Gaye's story to the big screen: F. Gary Gray, Cameron Crowe, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin, Jesse L. Martin, and Lenny Kravitz. None of them had the blessing of Gaye's estate. Now though, Dr. Dre is giving it a shot. Apparently the film is in early development and Gaye's estate has authorized use of his music. From Variety:

The most recent project to get the sign off from the Gaye estate was with Jamie Foxx who landed the rights for a limited series in 2016 but that project has seen no movement in the years since…

In a curious twist of fate, Dre is represented by King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, the same legal firm which defended Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams against the Gaye estate in the closely-monitored "Blurred Lines" trial in 2015. The verdict found in favor of the Gaye family, which contended that "Blurred Lines" infringed on Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" and ordered Thicke and Williams to pay millions in statutory damages.

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