Tupac Shakur Movie To Be Directed By John Singleton Lets Hope It Tells The Ugly Truth

John Singleton appears all set to direct the Tupac Shakur biopic. John who worked with the sex-taped Shakur on Poetic Justice in 1993 has stepped into the role following the departure of Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), because he had trouble casting the role of the late rapper.

Tupac Shakur was one of the biggest stars of the 90s, creating albums including The Don Killuminati and All Eyez on Me and some credible acting roles before he was shot in a drive by killing in 1996, in what remains an unsolved case.

John whose current film Abduction starring Taylor Lautner is still in cinemas has yet to sign up for the project, but should he agree, he will be working with a script which has gone through a number of revisions, most recently by Brian Tucker.

Earlier this year 20-year-old star Soulja Boy real name DeAndre Cortez Way revealed he had been approached to play the part.

He admitted: I got an email from William Morris agency thats my agency that Im with they reached out to me to play the part. Im just still thinking about it right now.

Lets hope any Tupac biopic does not ignore or forgive his absolutely primitive attitude towards women.

In November 1993, Tupac and others in his posse were charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room. Tupac sodomized the woman and then encouraged his friends to sexually abuse her. Although Tupac denied the charges he was was convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The judge described Tupacs crime as an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman. After serving part of his sentence, Tupac was released on bail pending appeal. On April 5, 1996, a judge sentenced him to serve 120 days in jail for violating terms of his release on bail.

Tupacs behavior sets an example to be avoided lets hope the biopic does not glorify this lowlife.

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