Further to last weeks news that the Weinstein Brothers had optioned the rights to a movie based on the biography of Bob Marley's wife, the film has hit a major stumbling block, and one you thought might have come to light before they signed the deal.
Despite the fact that the film is being produced by Marley's widow, Rita, the sale of her book rights naturally didn't include rights to use any of the music.
Martin Scorsese has already licensed the song rights for his forthcoming Marley documentary, and the Marley family are now suggesting that they wouldn't be interested in providing the songs to a competing project.
"All our efforts and support are currently directed toward the documentary," Ziggy Marley said. "We believe that this project is the best way to represent our father's life from his perspective, and any other film project pertaining to our father will be empty without his music to support it."
Suggestions are that the Marley family would acquiesce only if there was to be a significant delay between the release of the documentary and the film, which by their reckoning would push the project back to around 2015.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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