Bob Marley: 'One Love' biopic coming to theatres in 2024

Bob Marley finally got the biographical treatment for Elvis, Freddie Mercury, and Elton John recently.

Bob Marley: One Love movie will be released on January 12, 2024.

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard), the movie opens in England and Jamaica. The films feature locations such as Trench Town, Kingston’s birthplace. Wailers. This biopic follows the life of Bob Marley, including an interview with Bob Marley, Rita Marley, and Bob Marley that raided the Wailers’ lives in their homes and studios in December 1976.

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The documentary, “Marley,” released in 2012 (for rent on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Google Play; free with ads on YouTube), covers the life of the music legend and offers insights that even surprised his children during the film’s making. In addition to archival video interviews with Marley and new interviews with those who knew him, you also see some rare performance footage.

Those who “just think of Bob as the ganja-smoking guy can be more in-depth by watching this, said Ziggy Marley, at the time, about the film which he executive produced along with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. ” This is the definitive thing I that I want my kids to know about their grandfather

Who played Bob Marley?

The movie stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays the reggae legend as the evil Skrull in the current Disney+ series Marvel’s Secret Invasion.

Ben-Adir previously played characters such as Malcolm X in One Night in Miami and former President Barack Obama in the Showtime miniseries Comey Law.

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🚨🎞 @OneLoveMovie trailer drops TOMORROW! Message from @ziggymarley: Nothing happens before it’s time and now is the time for the story of our father Bob Marley to be represented in a biopic theatrical release coming in 2024.
You’ve heard the music and you think you know the man… pic.twitter.com/xmJNdLAJLe

— Bob Marley (@bobmarley) July 5, 2023

Bob Marley: A Love Movie Cast

Lashana Lynch (“Queen”, “No Time to Die”) stars as his wife, Rita.

“The cast and crew put on a unique performance that captured the essence of the legendary spirit,” said Ziggy Marley, son of Bob and Rita Marley and producer of the film.

of them: Aston Barrett Jr., son of The Wail bassist Aston “Family” Barrett, died in 2019. Barrett Jr. He will play his father in the film, continuing his father’s legacy as lead singer and drummer for the currently touring band Wailers.

Ziggy Marley said in a post on Instagram: “Nothing will happen until the time is right, this is the story of our father Bob Marley in 2024. “You’ve heard the music, you think you know the man, but you know what he’s become and how time has made him that identity. Do you understand what you’re converting? … the movie will take you to see what happened for the first time. It’s like being surrounded by a story and seeing its pain, sadness, joy and redemption.”

Co-Producers: Rita Marley and daughter Cedra Marley with Brad Pitt, Robert Teitel (Infamous, Barbershop), Jeremy Kleiner (Moonlight), Dede Gardner (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) Ziggy’s wife Orly Marley as producer Richard Hewitt (“Boheme”) Sub-Rhapsody) and Matt Solodky are executive producers, while Tuff Gang Worldwide runs Ziggy Marley’s company.

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