Getting Get On Up to the screen was a drama in itself.
Producer
“I met James Brown several times, went to several of his concerts, and I ended up getting the rights from James Brown to his life story,” Grazer says. “And I had several different writers work on this script. I was prepared to make the movie, and James Brown dies.” It was Christmas Day, 2006. The film rights reverted to the James Brown estate.
“This is the longest time I’ve had to bring a movie to the screen,” Grazer says.
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