The primary official trailer for Bob Marley: One Love has been launched – you possibly can watch it above.
Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, the upcoming biopic centres on the lifetime of the enduring reggae singer, from the early days of his profession to his dying in 1981.
The movie, which is about for launch on January 12, 2024, is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced (King Richard) and written by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
“Reggae is a folks music,” Ben-Adir says as Marley within the trailer. “Folks coming collectively.”
Later, somebody asks the singer, “Bob, they tried to kill you and your spouse, and now you’re selecting to return to Jamaica to play a peace live performance? Don’t you concern to your life?” Marley then responds: “My life shouldn’t be necessary to me. My life is for folks.”
Alongside Ben-Adir, Bob Marley: One Love additionally stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and James Norton as document producer Chris Blackwell. Different solid members embrace Jesse Cilio, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall and Anthony Welsh.
The movie, which has the backing of the music legend’s property, is government produced by Richard Hewitt, Orly Marley and Matt Solodky. Different kinfolk of Marley’s concerned within the movie embrace his widow, Rita Marley, and kids Cedella Marley and Ziggy Marley, all three of whom are producers on the challenge.
Chatting with Collider in 2021, director Inexperienced revealed that the movie will deal with the making of Marley’s basic album ‘Exodus’ with The Wailers, which he recorded after shifting to London following an unsuccessful assassination try in Jamaica.
Of the Marley household’s enter on the movie, Inexperienced added: “Ziggy Marley is, proper, my level of contact for the movie, and producer on the challenge. So we’re full steam forward. I’ve introduced on Zach Baylin (a author on King Richard) to assist me write it, which is nice bringing our staff again collectively. Hopefully, we’ll have a script very quickly. I’m actually enthusiastic about that one.”
Ben-Adir is understood for portraying Malcolm X within the 2020 movie One Evening in Miami… He additionally performed former President Barack Obama within the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule from the identical 12 months. His different latest credit embrace the Marvel Disney+ collection Secret Invasion and the upcoming summer time launch Barbie.
