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EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway connected Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been, a documentary astir nan vocalist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for “He’s a Rebel” and collaborations pinch Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Sam Cooke and different greats.
The movie is being directed by Barry Avrich (Oscar Peterson: Black + White, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue) and produced by actress-producer Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hidden Figures, Empire) and Mark Selby (Oscar Peterson: Black + White, Born Hungry).
Love is 1 of nan cardinal participants successful nan 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville’s Oscar-winning movie astir backup singers. But she besides sang lead vocals – connected nan Christmas classical “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home),” which she performed each Yuletide connected David Letterman’s late-night show, and connected her biggest hit, 1962’s “He’s a Rebel,” but arsenic a merchandise notes, that azygous “wasn’t moreover released nether [Love’s] name; shaper Phil Spector credited it to nan Crystals instead.”
“One of nan uncommon philharmonic artists to prolong a profession crossed six decades, Love is simply a fable to chap musicians from Bruce Springsteen to Bono, and has mentored and influenced generations of artists,” nan merchandise states. “Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been examines her bonzer life – from prodigy to icon – group against nan backdrop of nan civilian authorities activity and nan group favoritism she navigated passim her career.”
The movie features exclusive interviews pinch luminaries including Cher, Springsteen, Letterman, and Warwick, arsenic good arsenic Nancy Sinatra, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Marc Shaiman, Lou Adler, Jimmy Fallon, Robert Smigel, and galore others. “In her ain words and done her ain eyes, nan movie tells nan powerful communicative of Love’s return to an manufacture that had agelong overlooked her, and her clasp by a caller procreation of fans and musicians who rediscovered her magic.”
Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been is co-produced by Avrich and Selby’s Melbar Entertainment Group and Henson’s TPH Entertainment. Barry Avrich, Mark Selby, Taraji P. Henson, Jamila Jordan-Theus, Tim Drake, and Len Evans service arsenic executive producers.
IAG, which represents some Melbar Entertainment Group and TPH Entertainment, brokered nan accumulation deal.
Love’s singular profession successful intermezo extends beyond singing into acting. In nan Lethal Weapon movies, she memorably played Roger Murtagh’s (Danny Glover) wife, Trish Murtagh. She has performed connected Broadway successful Grease and for respective years played Motormouth Maybelle successful nan Broadway accumulation of Hairspray. She appeared successful nan Netflix movie Holiday Rush successful 2019; nan pursuing twelvemonth she appeared The Christmas Chronicles 2, besides for Netflix, successful a domiciled that drew upon her acting and singing talents.
In summation to serving arsenic shaper and executive shaper connected nan Darlene Love documentary, Taraji P. Henson is group to star successful and executive produce nan Peacock bid The Accomplice, based connected nan caller by 50 Cent. Her accumulation company, TPH Entertainment, is producing nan bid on pinch G-Unit Film & Television and Universal Content Productions.
Henson and TPH Entertainment signed a two-picture acting and producing woody pinch Netflix. She and her institution besides signed a first-look woody pinch Fox Entertainment Studios. “Under nan multi-year pact,” Henson’s reps show us, “Henson, alongside Jamila Jordan-Theus, Head of Development and Production astatine TPH Entertainment, and their squad will create a slate of scripted and unscripted projects for Fox Entertainment Studios spanning comedy, drama, and reality formats.”
In nan nonfiction space, Henson served arsenic executive shaper and narrator of Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, an Oscar-shortlisted characteristic documentary directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson.
