EXCLUSIVE: The actor tells me he has been talking to Cameron Crowe about starring as soul singer Marvin Gaye. Crowe has been working for 3½ years on the Sony biopic. The director has gone back to the drawing board after Will Smith turned down the role. Mowtown founder Berry Gordy Jr. is supporting the project, which has secured rights to Gaye's music. Scott Rudin is attached as producer. Howard, of course, is a singer himself. Marvin Gaye was one of the influences on his debut album Shine Through It. “Nothing’s been signed on paper yet,” Howard tells me. “Everybody who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong.”

http://www.deadline.com/2...rvin-gaye/

oh no....

I certainly wouldn't pick Terrence. No way. He looks nothing like Marvin.

He's also playing Nelson Mandela in the biopic of Winnie Mandela.

Expect 2 hours of nasal mumbling, then.

Jamie said it PERFECTLY about Terence' acting...


Dumb lazy ass hollywood whateva happend to casting the dude from Law & Order? He's the PERFECT candidate.

sosgemini said:

ANOTHER ISSUE...

Expect to see Berry Gordy getting portrayed as the "good guy" who pushed Marvin Gaye to reinvent himself and come up with "Whats Going On" and the stuff that came after it(among afew 1/4 truths)

This has disaster written all over it.

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. I sooo hope this isn't true or doesn't "stick"

Jamie said Terrence's album "went plastic." LOL. I thought he would have said "aluminum foil" or something like that, and Jamie said "plastic." HILARIOUS!

Chile...

Nooooo!!!!!

Timmy84 said:

Timmy84 said:

I was waiting for your reaction

seeingvoices12 said:

I think WE all were waiting for Timmy's reaction....

shorttrini said:

Yeah because I don't approve.

But if he DOES get it, he BETTER not FUCK it up.

You mean Leon isn't playing him?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Leon, could reprise his role as David...

Lazy, stupid casting. No willingness to go with a better-suited unknown/lesser-known talent.

ThreadBare said:

shorttrini said:

Hey, Howard played Jackie Jackson so he has experience, lol.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It doesn't take much to play Jackie...

shorttrini said:

Anybody can't do the dance moves to "I Want You Back."

I just found out Terrence is set to be Nelson Mandela in the Winnie Mandela movie along with Jennifer Husdon... That voice Jamie Foxx used cannot escape my head

Winnie Mandela is STILL not amused though, her lawyers have contacted the filmmakers and threatened to use legal means to block it

Harlepolis said:

She's got no grounds though. The movie is based on a book. Besides, that shaddy ish is getting her karma.

Harlepolis said:

THAT^ video is funny as hell! Jamie is good at ribbing people whenever he feels like it.

sosgemini said:

Terrence Howard isn't dark-skinned enough to play Marvin Gaye.

TonyVanDam said:

I wish that was the ONLY issue.

Jesse L. Martin would have been a MUCH better choice than Terrance Howard.





Don't get me wrong, Terrance is a good actor. But Jesse should have gotten the part. It could have been a star making role for him.

sosgemini said:

Hmmm,,

They're developing a character BASED ON HER, they wouldn't even let her see the script. I say she does have grounds, karma or none.