Julien Temple Making Marvin Gaye Biopic

02/16/2011
. (Gibson) Director Julien Temple will soon begin directing a Marvin Gaye biopic. NME.com reports that EMI, who own the rights to Marvin Gaye's music, have given their permission to film the movie.

Screendaily.com says production will begin in Ostend, Belgium, later this year. Marvin Gaye recorded his last album Midnight Love in Brussels, Belgium in 1982. The record contained the huge hit, "Sexual Healing." The soul legend died in 1984.

Julien Temple is no stranger to rock and roll documentary and biopic movies. His credits include Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, Glastonbury, The Filth and the Fury and The Great Rock and Roll Swindle. more on this story

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