Warner Bros acquires Marvin Gaye biopic What's Going On
Warner Bros. has acquired Marvin Gaye biopic 'What's Going On'. Allen Hughes will direct the film - which is expected to have a budget of more than $80 million - about the legendary soul singer, and he will produce the movie alongside Dr Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Andrew Lazar. Hughes told Deadline: "This is so personal for me. "When I made my first film with my brother, we were fortunate to get 'What’s Going On' into the trailer for 'Menace 2 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, ...