10 Music Film Biopics Not Yet Made
#7 - Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley was the man who brought reggae to the mainstream, and like many celebrated artists died young which only added to his legend.
Still to this day Marley remains the most renowned performer of reggae music and is the most famous son of the Rastafarian religious movement. The effect his songs have had on people has helped cement him as one of the most iconic musicians of all time. Posthumously, he has been inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and received Grammies, he has also continued to sell boatloads of records and is one of the most successful posthumous artists.
An adaptation of the book No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley by Marleys widow Rita Marley is rumoured to be in development by those fine purveyors of biopics The Weinstein Company and Martin Scorcese had been involved with a documentary on the life of Bob Marley; so sooner or later it seems inevitable that we will see, in some form, a cinematic exploration of the life of Jamaicas most famous export since weed.
Marleys life is fascinating enough, yet relatively unexposed to the masses to be a very successful biopic I imagine, so in terms of the above sooner or later comment I would venture that former is the most likely, but I dont envy the man charged with the task of bringing the Buffalo Soldier to the big screen because they are some truly big shoes to fill.