Our friends over at Rap Radar reported yesterday (via MTV) that Public Enemy is in talks for an animated movie based on the upcoming Public Enemy graphic novel which hits stores in May. The five part graphic novel is written by Chuck D. While MTV states Chuck D and the crew are in talks with an animation studio for a movie, we at WoooHa just heard that they are also in talks to do a live-action biopic as well.

Word on the street is there are multiple scripts out centered around PE. One script is for the animated movie and the other script is for a biopic about the origins of Public Enemy and their rise from Long Island friends to international stars. It’s no surprise that a PE biopic script is in development considering we just had Notorious and scripts for N.W.A. and Run D.M.C. biopics are also in the works. I guess that means a Beastie Boys movie deal is next.

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