Lashana Lynch is set to star as Bob Marley’s wife Rita in an upcoming Paramount biopic about the reggae legend’s life and career.
The actress, 34, recently appeared alongside Daniel Craig in No Time to Die and opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the latest Dr.
Strange film. The movie is currently untitled, but Reinaldo Marcus Green, director of Will Smith’s Oscar-winning King Richard, is attached to oversee the project.
Zach Baylin, who worked with Green on the Oscar-nominated screenplay for King Richard, is attached to write the story. As for the starring role of Bob Marley himself, that particular honour has fallen to Kingsley Ben-Adir, who is best known for starring in Peaky Blinders and The OA.
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