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Jesse L. Martin starred in one that was not completed.
"In mid-2013, it was announced that filming on "Sexual Healing" had been suspended. Julien Temple was directing, with S. Epatha Merkerson (as Marvin’s Gaye’s mother, Alberta Cooper Gay), and Dwight Henry (as Marvin Gaye’s father, Marvin Gay, Sr.) joining Jesse L. Martin in front of the camera. David Harewood, Clarke Peters and Brendan Gleeson were also part of the cast.
It was reported that there was a possibility that the film might not see completion (at least, not immediately after that revelation), because Focus Features International, the company that picked up the project initially, and shopped it at the Cannes Film Festival that year, had pulled out.
Reasons for Focus' exited weren't given unfortunately (unless we just missed that announcement), although, at the time, I thought that it might have something to do with what follows.
Crew members were said to have not yet been paid fully for their work on the film, with one of the film's producers, Jimmy De Brabant, telling ScreenDaily that there was apparently a cash flow problem with the American investor backing the film; although he added that the funding that was promised by this investor had not yet arrived, but emphasized patience with the film's cast and crew, suggesting that the money was indeed coming.
At the time, it was said that about 70% of the film had been shot."
What Happened to Jesse L. Martin's Marvin Gaye Film? Might F. Gary Gray Be Working on One?
"In mid-2013, it was announced that filming on "Sexual Healing" had been suspended. Julien Temple was directing, with S. Epatha Merkerson (as Marvin’s Gaye’s mother, Alberta Cooper Gay), and Dwight Henry (as Marvin Gaye’s father, Marvin Gay, Sr.) joining Jesse L. Martin in front of the camera. David Harewood, Clarke Peters and Brendan Gleeson were also part of the cast.
It was reported that there was a possibility that the film might not see completion (at least, not immediately after that revelation), because Focus Features International, the company that picked up the project initially, and shopped it at the Cannes Film Festival that year, had pulled out.
Reasons for Focus' exited weren't given unfortunately (unless we just missed that announcement), although, at the time, I thought that it might have something to do with what follows.
Crew members were said to have not yet been paid fully for their work on the film, with one of the film's producers, Jimmy De Brabant, telling ScreenDaily that there was apparently a cash flow problem with the American investor backing the film; although he added that the funding that was promised by this investor had not yet arrived, but emphasized patience with the film's cast and crew, suggesting that the money was indeed coming.
At the time, it was said that about 70% of the film had been shot."
What Happened to Jesse L. Martin's Marvin Gaye Film? Might F. Gary Gray Be Working on One?
