This September marks two decades since West Coast legend Tupac Shakur was fatally gunned down in Las Vegas, and soon after the anniversary we’ll be able to witness his hugely hyped biopic All Eyez On Me.
The film directed by Benny Boom has just finished shooting, and now some footage from the film has surfaced online. The footage – which has since been deleted but is still available to watch here – was inspired by a real life 1994 interview that Tupac gave outside a courtroom while facing a sexual assault charge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGbs5Ngon3I
Tupac will be played by emerging actor and doppelganger Demetrius Shipp Jr, who recently celebrated the completion of All Eyez On Me shooting, saying “not too long ago it was just struggle, stress and trying to figure it all out. Now I just wrapped up a feature film and I’m the star, and not just any movie, the life of Tupac… 2015 threw every curveball possible in the midst of preparation to get this role.” Shipp will be joined by Jamal Woolard playing Biggie Smalls, who has previously portrayed the Brooklyn great in the polarising 2009 film Notorious:
If Straight Outta Compton is anything to go by, then this fellow West Coast rap biopic will be a global hit. We’ll just have to wait until November to see posthumous ‘Pac hit the big screen.
