The movie – which is being directed by ‘Training Day’ filmmaker Antoine Fuqua – will be written by Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, who both were involved in the screenplay for 2001 sports biography ‘Ali’.
According to New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, the movie – which does not yet have an actor to portray Tupac attached – could begin shooting in mid-November ahead of an expected 2011 release.
Talking about the project, Rivele admitted he knew little about the rapper – who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996 – until he began to research.
He said: “I knew nothing about Shakur. But it became clear he was essentially a 19th century Romantic poet who found himself in the 21st century.
“He was obviously very angry, and had been subjected to a great deal of violence in the home, in the streets and in prison. But he was just beginning to shed that anger and look for a purer voice.”
Wilkinson confirmed the script would focus on the last day of his life, with flashbacks to his final four years.
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