{"id":101702,"date":"2017-05-10T01:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101702"},"modified":"2017-05-10T01:21:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T05:21:22","slug":"steve-mcqueen-to-direct-authorized-tupac-shakur-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/10\/steve-mcqueen-to-direct-authorized-tupac-shakur-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve McQueen to direct authorized Tupac Shakur documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97395\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tupac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97395\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tupac.png\" alt=\"Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday that the film is fully sanctioned by the late hip-hop artist's estate. (Photo: jlmaral\/Flickr)\" width=\"238\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tupac.png 238w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tupac-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. (Photo: jlmaral<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlmaral\/20490638\/in\/photolist-aVePw4-2P29S-cr5FhW-8SLYLj-4nzDKY-5zWV5h-P1P96d-8yeK2N-4Db4dK-P1Pdxj-Q5fnx5-PJgRgs-PJgCnw-bgeMG8-PJgpdf-7NoFbo-bzwryb-nUEifq-5zxZ8R-QeVASy-P4BL5T-PJh9qh-QeVsWU-5LXQY1-6PwGeq-5xPbdA-dCfGGx-axYmJz-Cw2F5J-pjT1B3-RE8r8y-ux5JYR-dkSwbS-SioztP-m3NQGv-34Ydj3-5xPbdG-6nHxdj-aGAH3M-npVdrX-f4sYcG-9YDeb-KgLSN-5wtbjb-ouGhbJ-oLV8vB-8sWWj1\">\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday that the film is fully sanctioned by the late hip-hop artist&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen is best known for directing \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d which won the best picture Oscar in 2014 and earned him a best director nomination.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen said he looks forward to working with Shakur&#8217;s family to bring his unvarnished story to life. , Shakur&#8217;s aunt and late mother&#8217;s sister Gloria Cox will serve as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>No release date or timeline was announced for McQueen&#8217;s documentary, but Shakur&#8217;s legacy is having a moment in Hollywood movies. The prolific artist will also get the biopic treatment in \u201cAll Eyez on Me,\u201d which hits theatres on June 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[18907,17654],"class_list":["post-101702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-steve-mcqueen","tag-tupac-shakur","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}