“Bob Marley: One Love” is biographical musical film based on the life of the legendary musician.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- Bob Marley: One Love is a 2024 American biographical musical drama film
- The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Green co-wrote the screenplay with Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, and Zach Baylin
- From a story by Winter and Flowers
- It is based on the life of reggae singer and songwriter Bob Marley
- The film follows him from his rise to fame in the mid-1970s up until his death in 1981
- The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley
- Alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, and James Norton as Chris Blackwell
- Bob Marley: One Love premiered at the Carib 5 in Kingston, Jamaica on January 23, 2024
- The film was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on February 14, 2024
- It received mixed reviews from critics
- Bob Marley: One Love received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Ben-Adir’s performance but felt the film was “too safe” as a biopic
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 43% rating
- Based on 141 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.3/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “Kingsley Ben-Adir does an admirable job in the central role, but Bob Marley: One Love is ultimately a standard biopic that doesn’t do justice to its brilliant subject”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100
- Based on 34 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
- Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled at PostTrak gave it a 91% positive score
- With 80% saying they would definitely recommend the film
- As of February 16, 2024, Bob Marley: One Love has grossed $25.3 million in the United States and Canada
- And $5.4 million in other territories
- For a worldwide total of $30.8 million
- In the United States and Canada, One Love was released alongside Madame Web
- It was initially projected to gross $30 – 35 million from 3,536 theaters over its six-day opening frame
- The film made $14 million on its first day, a Valentine’s Day midweek record
- Surpassing The Vow’s $11.5 million in 2012
- It made $3.8 million on its second
- After making $7.5 million on Friday, six-day estimates were raised to $46 million
- In June 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures was developing a biographical drama film based on the life of singer and songwriter Bob Marley
- With Marley’s son Ziggy Marley serving as a producer
- In March 2021, Reinaldo Marcus Green had been hired to direct, with Zach Baylin (who wrote Green’s 2021 film King Richard), Frank E. Flowers, and Terence Winter writing the screenplay
- In February 2022, Kingsley Ben-Adir was cast as the titular character, after an extensive, yearlong and globe-spanning search by the studio
- In August, Lashana Lynch had joined the cast playing as Bob’s wife Rita Marley
- In February 2023, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall, James Norton and Anthony Welsh had joined the cast
- Principal photography began in December 2022 in London and Jamaica
- It wrapped in April 2023
- The film’s title, Bob Marley: One Love, was announced by producer Ziggy Marley at CinemaCon that same month
- In October 2023, it was reported that Kris Bowers had composed the film’s score
- After working with Green on Monsters and Men (2018) and King Richard
- On January 26, 2024, American country singer Kacey Musgraves released a cover of the Wailers’ “Three Little Birds” (1977)
- It was a part of the film’s soundtrack
- The soundtrack EP of the film was released on February 14, 2024, by Island Records and Tuff Gong
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