{"id":66980,"date":"2013-09-30T15:51:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/09\/30\/viola-davis-and-octavia-spencer-reunite-for-tate-taylors-james-brown-biopic\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T08:55:47","slug":"viola-davis-and-octavia-spencer-reunite-for-tate-taylors-james-brown-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/viola-davis-and-octavia-spencer-reunite-for-tate-taylors-james-brown-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer Reunite for Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer Reunite for Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

September 30, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tate Taylor<\/strong> has set Viola Davis<\/strong> and Octavia Spencer<\/strong> to star with Chadwick Boseman<\/strong> in Get On Up<\/strong>, the James Brown<\/strong> biopic that Imagine\u2019s Brian Grazer<\/strong> is producing with Jagged Films\u2019 Mick Jagger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Davis will play Susie Brown, who was only 16 when she gave birth to the future R&B legend, and abandoned him to live with relatives. Spencer will play the child\u2019s Aunt Honey, a formative figure in his upbringing.<\/p>\n

This is a re-team with Taylor from The Help<\/strong>, for which Davis was nominated for Best Actress Oscar and Spencer winning for Best Supporting Actress. Universal will start production November in Mississippi. The script is by Jez Butterworth<\/strong> & John-Henry Butterworth<\/strong> and Steven Baigelman<\/strong>, and Victoria Pearman<\/strong> and Erica Huggins<\/strong> are also producing. Davis is repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment, Spencer by WME.<\/p>\n

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