It was only a matter of time. First Biggie, then Aaliyah and now Run DMC is the next in line to get a major motion picture biopic. It was just announced that Notorious writer Cheo Hodari Coker has been tapped to write the screenplay to Bill Adler’s book “Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC — The Authorized Biography.” Adler was Run DMC’s former publicist.
Similar to Notorious, which was actually also written from the adaptation of a book the Coker wrote about Biggie, Tougher Than Leather (not the official movie title) will explore the rags to riches story of Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizel and how they ushered hip-hop into mainstream popular culture.
Movie will be produced by Dallas Jackson who is currently working on the remake of The Last Dragon with The RZA and Samuel L. Jackson. You know WoooHa will be following this one very closely and we will have updates on casting, release date, etc. You know we got the hip-hop movie angle covered!
What actors would you like to see cast as Run DMC?
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its funny i guess hip hop cant make money off of music sales so they'll take their chances on the big screen and go Hollywood
contradicting hip hop OD.
Now this could be a good story and I actually liked Notorious more than I thought i would.
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Notorious was good one, my advice to Gravy is to consider acting and leave Hip Hop (I'm not being sarcastic either). He (Gravy) has the chops, now build it my man. Now a RUN DMC biopic, I think this should be up there with all the hits like Wild Style, Krush Groove,Tougher than Leather and shockingly now a cult classic Paid in Full.
Baby bam from the Jungle Brothers would play DMC or Russell Simmons in the movie. Livin Large directed by Michael from Krush Groove was a hit and Bam could knock it out the park!
[...] the release of Notorious and the recent development of the Run DMC biopic, details have surfaced that production company Morgan Creek is stuck in a legal battle with [...]
I really don't think that an already famous person should be cast to play in this movie. Bring somebody fresh and new to the big screen. Someone who wants a chance to change there own lives and have THEIR dreams come true. Biopics are about life and dreams aren't they?