Warner Bros. acquires Marvin Gaye biopic ‘What’s Going On’

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Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, directed by Allen Hughes.Hughes, who is best known for directing films such as Menace II Society and Dead Presidents with his brother Albert, will also produce the film alongside Dr.

Dre, Jimmy Iovine – both of whom were the subject of his 2018 docu-series The Defiant Ones – and Andrew Lazar.“This is so personal for me,” Hughes told Deadline. “When I made my first film with my brother, we were fortunate to get ‘What’s Going On’ into the trailer for Menace II Society, and it was a game changer in elevating the marketing of that film.“Every film of mine but the period film From Hell had some Marvin Gaye in it, and I’ve just always connected to him.