Bob Marley is getting the music biopic treatment. Last year, it was announced that Kingsley Ben-Adir had been selected to portray Marley in the film, which is authorized by the Marley family, and Bob Marley: One Love will hit theaters early next year. Today, a teaser trailer for the film has been released.
"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," Ziggy Marley said in a statement. "Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Kingsley Ben Adir as Bob with Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita this film will bring you to witness for the first time what it was liketo be around the legend, to see his pain his sorrows his joys and his redemption."
Watch the trailer below.
?? @OneLoveMovie trailer drops TOMORROW! Message from @ziggymarley: 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.
— Bob Marley (@bobmarley) July 5, 2023
You’ve heard the music and you think you know the man… pic.twitter.com/xmJNdLAJLe
Bob Marley: One Love is out on January 12, 2024.
