March
17
Notorious B.I.G. Biopic Skirts Reality
Tackling a biopic about a well-known figure is always tricky--Ray, Hurricane, 8 Mile, A Beautiful Mind, and Schindler's List come to mind. Thus Notorious, George Tillman's movie about gangsta rapper Christopher G. Wallace (or Notorious B.I.G.), gunned down in his prime at age 24 in 1997, is rife with issues, reports the NYT's Michael Cieply. Journalist Cheo Hodari Coker worked on a screenplay for years, followed by Reggie Rock Bythewood. Now the film starts shooting for Fox Searchlight in Brooklyn next week. How close to all the details of B.I.G.'s life the movie will be, remains unclear.
[Photo of Jamal Woolard as Notorious B.I.G.]
UPDATE: P. Diddy is fighting mad at the LAT over its assertion he was linked to the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Here's the most recent LAT story and the original.
Here is Sean "Diddy" Combs' Monday statement:
"This story is a lie. It is beyond ridiculous and is completely false. Neither Biggie (Wallace) nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened."





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