The trailer for upcoming Casablanca Information film Spinning Gold has arrived – get a primary take a look at Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton beneath.
Introduced final 12 months, Spinning Gold will chart the rise of Neil Bogart’s Buddah and Casablanca labels throughout the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies.
Within the movie, Bogart (performed by Jeremy Jordan) indicators a few of the largest acts of his profession, with the rise of the likes of Donna Summer time, Invoice Withers, The Isley Brothers and The Village Folks all documented.
Alongside Clinton, the movie function different main artists from the labels’ rosters. Tayla Parx is about to co-star as Donna Summer time, Ledisi is to play Gladys Knight. Jason Derulo will seem as The Isley Brothers’ founder Ronald Isley.
Take a look at the trailer beneath.
Spinning Gold has been in improvement for over a decade, and lands in cinemas on March 31, 2023. Justin Timberlake was in talks to play Bogart way back to 2011.
Director Timothy Scott Bogart mentioned in an announcement obtained by Deadline: “Spinning Gold is a few group of people that, as soon as upon a time, lived a fairytale and made their desires come true, all set to a few of the best music ever pressed in vinyl. Bringing these dreamers and artists to life has been the privilege of my life.”
The movie’s synopsis reads: “Together with a ragtag staff of younger music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Information would rewrite historical past and alter the music business ceaselessly.
“Their mixture of inventive madness, a complete perception in one another and the music they have been creating, formed our tradition and finally outlined a era. In a narrative so unbelievable that it will probably solely be true, comes the movement image occasion of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and the way his Casablanca Information created the best soundtrack of our lives.”
Elsewhere, Wiz Khalifa not too long ago put his hat within the ring to change into the subsequent movie star character on MultiVersus. The brand new recreation, from Participant First Video games and Warner Brothers, is a free-to-play crossover combating recreation with characters coming from DC Comics, HBO, Cartoon Community and extra.
Current gamers added to the sport embrace Rick and Morty, and Wiz Khalifa has requested Participant First to make him the subsequent star of the sport.