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According to sources, a biopic for the legendary R&B/soul singer Marvin Gaye has been given the go and is finally in the works! the film will be directed by Julien Temple. The tentative title will be Midnight Love, named after and based on Gaye’s 1982 studio album. It has also been reported that the rights-holders to Marvin Gaye’s music, have given the project the greenlight. The film is said to begin shooting in Ostend, Belgium later this year. No word on who will be playing the late musician.

Three other directors have long been trying to get a Marvin Gaye project off the ground, including Lauren Goodman, whose project has been rumored to have Law & Order’s Jesse L. Martin star as the late singer. Director Cameron Crowe has been working on a Marvin Gaye project for nearly four years with Terrence Howard rumored to have the lead role.

Who would you want to see play Marvin Gaye?

Singer Mary J. Blige has signed on to join the cast of an upcoming film, based on the broadway musical Rock of Ages. It is said that Blige will be playing a character by the name of Justice, the bartender and mother of the character Sherrie, who gets to sing “Harden My Heart” amongst other songs. The 40 year-old is rumored to be in the film alongside actors Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway. This five-time Tony nominated musical and New Line Cinema/Warner Brothers film will be directed by Adam Shankman (who also directed Hairspray) and is scheduled to be released later this year. Congrats to the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul!

Remember the lip-synching 90s duo Milli Vanilli? Well it is reported that a biopic film about the highs and lows of their career is finally in the works. German director Florian Gallenberger has signed on to write and direct the movie about the shortlived pop sensation. Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan) were awarded a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1990. Four days later, the award was revoked after it was made known that the duo were not the real singers on the “Girl You Know It’s True” chart-topping single. Sadly, the duo were never able to successfully release music with their own voices. No word on when the movie will be released.