The upcoming Tupac biopic, titled All Eyez On Me, will be released in the US on June 16, the late rapper’s birthday.
The film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur and has reportedly been picked up by Lionsgate in the US. A release date for the UK is yet to be confirmed.
A brand new trailer for All Eyez On Me was released on September 13 of last year, which was the 20th anniversary of the rapper’s death.
The film, directed by music video director Benny Boom, charts Shakur’s life from his upbringing in East Harlem to his rise in hip-hop and Hollywood. It also touches on his connections with the Black Panther party and his relationship with mother Afeni Shakur, who passed away in May.
The Walking Dead‘s Danai Gurira will play Afeni Shakur, while Dominic L. Santana takes on the role of Suge Knight, and Stefon Washington as Puff Daddy. In an intriguing twist, Jamal Woolard will reprise his role as Tupac’s rival Notorious B.I.G. from the 2009 Biggie movie, Notorious.
In April last year, The Game revealed that the film had wrapped when he said on Instagram that the “Tupac movie is the real deal”, calling it “shit [that] make that Biggie movie look like a cartoon”.
