Jamie Foxx to produce a limited series about the life of Marvin Gaye

Filmmakers have been trying to get a Gaye picture off the ground for years; F. Gary Gray, Cameron Crowe, and James Gandolfini had all tried to tell his story at various points, but never managed to secure the family’s consent. Now, the singer’s son, Marvin Gaye III, has signed on to executive produce alongside Foxx, calling the series “a powerful and definitive telling of Marvin Gaye’s life story.”

There’s no word yet on what network the series will be shopped to, or who will play Gaye when it’s eventually filmed. (It’s worth noting, though, that Foxx himself is 48, just four years older than Gaye was when he died in 1984, after being shot by his father in the aftermath of an argument.)