As I argued in a previous post, after the impressive box office opening weekend numbers for "Straight Outta Compton" 2 weeks ago, if you’re expecting a sudden boost in terms of the variety of "black films" that are backed by Hollywood studios because of "Compton’s" success, don’t. Instead, what I said would more likely occur is that any writer or director with a script based on the life (or lives) of hip hop icons from years past, will likely get more meetings with studio executives than they’ve ever had before! So don’t be surprised if that long-in-limbo Tupac Shakur biopic suddenly is fast-tracked for release in early 2016!
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