Paul Giamatti To Star In 'Straight Outta Compton' As NWA Manager
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The actor will play Ruthless Records co-founder Jerry Heller
Paul Giamatti has closed a deal to star in Straight Outta Compton, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
The actor will play Jerry Heller, manager of the pioneering rap group N.W.A.
F. Gary Gray is directing the Universal biopic about the West Coast rappers, with Ice Cube and Will Packer producing.
Heller was already a major figure in the music scene before working with N.W.A. He represented acts ranging form Journey to ELO to REO Speedwagon and helped Pink Floyd and Elton John in their early American tours. He cemented his musical legacy when he co-founded the label Ruthless Records with Easy-E. Heller signed and managed N.W.A. and oversaw their rise. However, when the band broke up with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's departures, Heller was fingered by some as being a Yoko Ono figure and the cause of the group's disbandment for mishandling monies.
Ice Cube's son O'Shea Jackson Jr. is playing his father in the film, with Jason Mitchell taking the part of Eazy-E and Corey Hawkins starring as Dr. Dre. The project is set in the mid-1980s and chronicles how five young men channeled their experiences growing up in Compton into brutally honest music.
Giamatti, who was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for 2005's Cinderella Man, is repped by UTA. His manager is Perri Kipperman and his legal representative is Robert Offer.
Universal is releasing Straight Outta Compton Aug. 14, 2015.
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this is dope and bringing some legitimacy to the movie. Paul Giammatti is a hell of an actor.
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I got faith in F. Gary Gray. He got classics.
Friday
Set It Off
The Negotiator (Giamatti was in this)
I'm still tryna forgive him for 'Be Cool'. That movie was a ? . But I ain't holdin the script against him.
If Straight Outta Compton has a decent script and the actors deliver, then it may be a dope flick. -
True.
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I hope theres a soundtrack. all westcoast ? though.
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illestni99ainne wrote: »I hope theres a soundtrack. all westcoast ? though.
It might either be "Detox" or "Not These ? Again"....... but one can only hope -
Dope
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Are they gonna show when Dre busted in the office and put the beam on em
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I wonder if they show when Dre got shot, that story had me rolling when they talked about it on Dre's Behind The Music episode
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YOOOOOOOOO
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Is this the real reason for them recreating the LA riots or is that another movie?
I think it would make the N.W.A. movie better if the riots were in it.