The story of Tupac Shakur’s life and tragic death has been retold in a number of films and documentaries. However, FX has a new spin on the tale with a docuseries coming soon, titled “Dear Mama,” that focuses on the relationship between Shakur and his mother. 

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As seen in the teaser trailer, Allen Hughes’ new docuseries “Dear Mama” tells the story of Tupac Shakur and his relationship with his mother, Afeni.

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The resurrection of an exalted ‘90s rap god will have to wait another day as Tupac Shakur’s tomb remains occupied with his body tossing and turning in response to the results of the egregious biopic, “All Eyez On Me.” The MC’s talent transcended the music industry of the early ‘90s, yet, “All Eyez on Me” fails to give justice to a slain life that aimed to alter the world’s trajectory through his poetic armory of lyrics.

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It looks like we’re in for a couple of years of Tupac Shakur appreciation. This summer, the late iconic rapper gets the biopic treatment with “All Eyez On Me” which looks….serviceable. But the project that we’d bet will be the authoritative take on the rapper’s life, career, and legacy will be the one coming from Steve McQueen.

The director of “Hunger,” “Shame,” and “12 Years A Slave,” will helm a documentary about Shakur, with Gloria Cox, Tupac Shakur’s aunt and Afeni Shakur’s only sister, among the producers.

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The writing duo have been brought on board to revamp the script for what will now follow Tupac on his final days while flashing back to the final four years of his life. The project was revealed to be greenlit only this past June with the original script by Steven Bagatourian reportedly more of a documentary-style fact-based retelling of the rapper’s short 25 years.

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The Rolling Stones don’t come cheap, and we wonder how much of the film’s budget was spent on securing two of their biggest songs, “Sympathy For The Devil” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Musician and vegan Moby gets a couple of cuts with “Honey” and “Body Rock” making appearances, while Outkast and 2Pac keep things street level with their respective hits “The Way You Move” and “California Love.” Some nice oldies tunes by Patsy Cline, Louis Prima and Tito Puente also appear while the likes of George Thorogood, Hall & Oates and Tears For Fears are also in the mix.

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The director was recently linked to a reunion with “Tears Of The Sun” star Bruce Willis on prison-escape drama “The Tomb” — that, however, is now being described by Fuqua simply as “a conversation I’ve been having with Bruce.” Fuqua was also recently attached to direct “Consent To Kill” that back in January that had Colin Farrell, Gerard Butler & Matthew Fox battling for the lead role of Mitch Rapp, a counterterrorism agent who goes up against “a vengeful Saudi billionaire, an ex-East German Stasi spy and a husband-and-wife team of assassins — all while dealing with a knee injury.” That film was set up at CBS Films and had a proposed summer shoot date but with nothing being announced about the film since, we would guess development is stalled for now.

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The latest to be announced? New Line is planning a film around the story of seminal L.A. gangster rap outfit N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude), an incendiary and controversial quintet that spawned the careers of hip-hop greats Ice Cube, Eazy-E and Dr.

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Now it’s time for Tupac Shakur — who had a small, but pivotal role in the Biggie story — and his fateful tale to receive its cinematic experience, but it appears it’s having trouble getting out the front door.

According to THR, Morgan Creek studios and the Shakur estate are at odds and scuffling over the rights to the story.

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Is ten years after an artists life too soon to lionize them onscreen? The Notorious B.I.G. became a hip-hop icon not long after his untimely death in 1997 as almost all young stars do when they burn out too soon (or their flame is put out in his case). But something is always unsettling and odd about seeing a performer that you saw on the small screen just… well it feels just like yesterday, played by someone who is clearly not him.

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The disc will evidently feature many Biggie classics plus one of his demos and new tracks by Jay-Z, Jadakiss, and more.

Directed by George Tillman Jr., the film stars rapper Jamal Woodward as Bigs, Derek Luke as Puff Daddy, Angela Bassett as Mrs.

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Ugh, we’d love to support “Notorious,” the biopic of Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, aka dearly departed Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G, but we’re not sure this film, directed by George Tillman Jr. is going to cut it. Well, at least not by looking at his new trailer that kind of makes us wince. All the cliches are there: Puff Daddy (Derek Luke) and Biggie (Jamal Woolard) trying to take back the East Coast (Biggs: “Maybe in the right hands [beat]… I could be on of the greatest.”), Mrs.

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