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Rita Marley is teaming with the Weinstein Co. for the first-ever biopic of her late husband Bob Marley, and she's already pitching Lauryn Hill to portray her onscreen.
"Lauryn would be ideal. She sees my life as her life." Marley told Reuters of the troubled singer, who is married to Rohan Marley (Bob Marley's son with Janet Hunt).
Rita Marley is executive producing the as-yet-untitled adaptation of her 2004 autobiography "No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley," a chronicle of the musician's childhood and their tumultuous 15-year marriage through his death from cancer in 1981.
Producer Rudy Langlais ("The Hurricane") says the film will be an "epic romance," including the Marleys' life and the assassination attempt on the couple. "It's miraculous that Rita is still here after being shot in the head," he says.
Rita says her grandson Stefan is "the spitting image" of the singer and would be perfect for the starring role. However, no casting decisions will be made until later this year, says Langlais.
The Weinstein Co. will produce and distribute the work from a screenplay written by Lizzie Borden ("Working Girls"), who is currently in Jamaica completing the script.
Filming is tentatively scheduled to begin early next year with a projected release date of late 2009 - possibly before Martin Scorsese's authorized feature documentary on the performer, set for release on what would be Marley's 65th birthday, Feb. 6, 2010.
"Lauryn would be ideal. She sees my life as her life." Marley told Reuters of the troubled singer, who is married to Rohan Marley (Bob Marley's son with Janet Hunt).
Rita Marley is executive producing the as-yet-untitled adaptation of her 2004 autobiography "No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley," a chronicle of the musician's childhood and their tumultuous 15-year marriage through his death from cancer in 1981.
Producer Rudy Langlais ("The Hurricane") says the film will be an "epic romance," including the Marleys' life and the assassination attempt on the couple. "It's miraculous that Rita is still here after being shot in the head," he says.
Rita says her grandson Stefan is "the spitting image" of the singer and would be perfect for the starring role. However, no casting decisions will be made until later this year, says Langlais.
The Weinstein Co. will produce and distribute the work from a screenplay written by Lizzie Borden ("Working Girls"), who is currently in Jamaica completing the script.
Filming is tentatively scheduled to begin early next year with a projected release date of late 2009 - possibly before Martin Scorsese's authorized feature documentary on the performer, set for release on what would be Marley's 65th birthday, Feb. 6, 2010.
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