'Bob Marley: One Love' Trailer: Kingsley Ben-Adir Stars as Reggae Legend in Family-Approved Biopic
etonline.comBob Marley-centric biopic starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, . Helmed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, the film aims to celebrate the life and music of «an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity.» highlights Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.The trailer gives fans glimpses of the film's journey back to Bob's beginnings in Jamaica and takes them through his rise to global fame.
The three-minute promo features scenes of Bob performing onstage to the singer relaxing with his family to paint a picture of his life.
It shows how the singer emerged as a leader of a peaceful movement after an assassination attempt in 1976 before he died in 1981 from melanoma.The tagline reads: «One man.
One message. One revolution. One legend.»Produced in partnership with the Marley family, also stars Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Michael Gandolfini, Umi Myers and Nadine Marshall.Bob's son, Ziggy Marley, serves as a producer on the film alongside Rita Marley, Cedella Marley, Robert Teitel, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner, and executive producers Richard Hewitt, Orly Marley and Matt Solodky.Before the trailer's drop, Ziggy took to Instagram to share a message with his followers, writing, «Nothing happens before it's time and now is the time for the story of our father Bob Marley to be represented in a biopic theatrical release coming in 2024.»«You've heard the music and you think you know the man but do you really understand what he went through and what moments shaped him into the person he became,» he captioned the post showing the film's poster. "...This film will bring you to witness for the first time what it was like to be around.
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