Character Pics Of Danai Gurira As Afeni Shakur In “All Eyez On Me”Posted by Wilson Morales
April 27, 2016
Source: Shadow and Act
Morgan Creek Productions has wrapped shooting on the Tupac Shukur biopic “All Eyez on Me,” and a few character pics and set photos have appeared on the film’s Facebook page, including a look at Demetrius Shipp, Jr. as Tupac and The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira, who plays Tupac’s mom, Afeni Shakur.
Directed by Benny Boom, the film centers on the life and legacy of Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist and actor, his imprisonment and his time at Death Row Records.
Also featured in the film is another Walking Dead member. Lauren Cohan will play Leila Steinberg, who met Shakur in 1988 when he was 17 and became his first manager. Kat Graham, who is on CW’s “The Vampire,” as Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith and Shakur were high school classmates at the Baltimore School for the Arts and remained friends before his 1996 murder. Annie Ilonzeh will play the late rapper’s fiancée Kidada Jones and daughter of Quincy Jones.
Jamal Woolard is reprising his role as the Notorious B.I.G. from the 2009 Biggie movie, Notorious. Grace Gibson, daughter of actress Lynn Whifield, will play Faith Evans. Dominic L. Santana as Suge Knight, and Stefon Washington as Puff Daddy. Cory Hardrict is Hatian Jack and Jamie Hector will play Tupac Shakur’s stepfather Mutulu Shakur.
James G. Robinson, David Robinson (via Morgan Creek Productions) and LT Hutton are producing. Shakur’s mom Afeni Shakur is serving as an exec producer.
