Universal has premiered a new trailer for the upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, which will be arriving in theaters on August 14, along with five character posters highlighting the lead members of the gangsta rap group — O’Shea Jackson Jr. playing his father Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren and Neil Brown Jr. as DJ Yella.
I’m incredibly curious to see how this plays out, especially with Cube and Dre producing, though Tomica Woods (played by Carra Patterson in the movie) is also producing, which might help add a bit of reality to the picture.
Check out the new trailer and character posters below.
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). The drama is produced by original N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who are joined by fellow producers Matt Alvarez and Tomica Woods-Wright. Will Packer serves as executive producer of the film alongside Gray.
Directed by F. Gary Gray
Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell and Paul Giamatti
