British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir gets a cheek to play Bob Marley's Life

Kingsley Ben-Adir, Bob Marley

After a thorough search, Paramount Pictures and Tuff Gong have reportedly selected British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir to play Bob Marley in a biopic that will highlight Bob's life.

Like Ray Charles, Elton John, Freddy Mercury and many other famous musicians on screen, the role of Bob Marley was one of the most coveted shows in Hollywood in the past year. Sources say that the executives and Green saw many trials and met several actors who were vying for the position, but in recent weeks Ben-Adir began to put himself in a good position before winning the position.

Ben-Adir, 35, was born in Gospel Oak, London, to a Trinidadian black mother and a white British father.

He previously starred in Malcolm X at One Night of Amazon Studios in Miami with President Barack Obama on Showtime's The Comey Rule. He recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he prepared to star in Marvel's Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

He has been recaptured by CAA, Range Media Partners and B-Side Management. From 2017 to 2019, she appeared in the fourth and fifth columns of the BBC One Peaky Blinders television series.

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The film from Paramount has not yet been named but will be directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, whose biography of King Richard is hailed as an important and commercial success. Released in November last year, King Richard is based on a truly inspiring story of Richard Williams, and it covers the early lives of his daughters, the great tennis heroes of the future Venus and Serena. The film, which won six Oscar awards, has been named "one of the best films of the year," and Green's Reggae royalty treatment is expected to be equally compelling.

Jeff Daniels as James Comey, left, and Kingsley Ben-Adir as President Barack Obama in the Showtime episode of "The Comey Rule."

King Richards screenwriter Zach Baylin will be writing Marley's biography.

The film is also being produced with the help of the Marley clan. His son, Ziggy Marley, his wife, Rita and his daughter, Cedella Marley, will act as producers on behalf of Tuff Gong. Robert Teitel will also collaborate on the repair.

Specific details about the film plan have not yet been officially released, but Green is already unsure of how he will translate Marley's short but successful years into our screens.

"Our film starts in the year 76 and it will definitely be about the production of Exodus," Green told Collider's Steven Weintraub in an interview late last year, referring to Bob Marley and the studio 's ninth album.

Including gems such as Jammin, War, and Waiting In Vain, Marley's debut album not only made her famous in the UK but also accompanied her relocation there, following the assassination attempt in Jamaica. Recorded in London, Exodus was released in June 1977, when Marley was 32 years old. internationally. Although Marley's lifelong career transcended musical talent, his biography, of course, would not have been complete without reference to his behavioral catalog.

When asked if he has music rights for biopic, Green said that "we have music rights, some music, for sure. And good music."

Bob Marley died in 1981 of cancer at the age of 36.

At one point, Bob Marley's children were also accused of competing for the role of their father. Ky-Mani Marley previously called the role a dream for him to play the role of bob. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.