Tupac Movie On Hold

Though the life of the rapper Tupac Shakur, below, has spawned at least a dozen documentaries, a planned biographical film about Shakur, who was killed in 1996, has been bogged down by a legal dispute, The Hollywood Reporter said. The production company Morgan Creek has filed suit against Amaru Entertainment, the company run by Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, saying it reneged on an agreement to sell his life rights for a movie. Morgan Creek’s complaint said a written contract was in place, according to The Reporter, but a lawyer for Amaru Entertainment said, “There is no agreement with Morgan Creek, there never was, and there never will be.” Relations between the two companies were said to have broken down last month around the time of the release of “Notorious,” the biographical movie about a rival rapper, the Notorious B.I.G.

(nytimes)