{"id":30512,"date":"2024-10-02T21:06:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/otis-redding-biopic-in-the-works-john-boyega-to-star\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T21:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:06:33","slug":"otis-redding-biopic-in-the-works-john-boyega-to-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/otis-redding-biopic-in-the-works-john-boyega-to-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Otis Redding biopic in the works; John Boyega to star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-02\/Getty_OtisRedding_100224.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An upcoming film about the legendary singer <strong>Otis Redding<\/strong> has found its stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/john-boyega-otis-redding-biopic-danielle-deadwyler-1236161720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> reports that <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Star Wars<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> actor <strong>John Boyega<\/strong> has been cast to play the legendary soul singer with <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Till<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">&#8216;s\u00a0<strong>Danielle Deadwyler<\/strong>\u00a0playing his wife,\u00a0<strong>Zelma Redding<\/strong>, in the biopic <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Otis &amp; Zelma<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The film, directed by <strong>Channing Godfrey Peoples<\/strong>, will chronicle the life of the famed singer, best known for such tunes as \u201c(Sittin\u2019 On) The Dock of the Bay,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve Been Loving You Too Long\u201d and \u201cHard to Handle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the description, the film \u201ccelebrates the 10 short years Otis and Zelma had together, and their eternal love story after his passing.\u201d Redding died in a plane crash in 1967 at the age of 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The description adds, \u201cZelma\u2019s resilience and determination to preserve his musical legacy for the last 56 years fuels her, just as much as Otis\u2019 love for Zelma fueled him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In other Otis Redding news &#8230; the singer will be posthumously honored with a star on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/walkoffame.com\/press_releases\/entertainer-otis-redding-to-be-honored-posthumously-with-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> on Friday. He will receive the 2,791st star and is being honored in the category of Live Theatre\/Live Performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images An upcoming film about the legendary singer Otis Redding has found its stars. Variety reports that Star Wars actor John Boyega has been cast to play the legendary soul singer with Till&#8216;s\u00a0Danielle Deadwyler\u00a0playing his wife,\u00a0Zelma Redding, in the biopic Otis &amp; Zelma. The film, directed by<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/otis-redding-biopic-in-the-works-john-boyega-to-star\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}