Cyrus Langhorne
Former N.W.A. member Ice Cube has paid homage to the passing of late friend Eazy-E with their tribute-driven Straight Outta Compton biopic in theaters this weekend.
Cube shouted out the iconic West Coast hip-hop artist on Twitter last night (August 15).
This weekend, Eazy’s daughter E.B. Wright explained her issues with Straight Outta Compton.
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E.B. Wright talked to SOHH this week about her overall support for Straight Outta Compton.
“We were filming it about a year ago and I spent some time on the set, just getting to know Jason Mitchell, who portrays my dad and he really just did a phenomenal job. I couldn’t be more proud and I don’t think there was anyone that could have played my dad better. The overall film is really good. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube and F. Gary Gary, director, they did a really good job. They were really sensitive with the whole story since my dad isn’t alive. His own personal part of the story, they had to sort of build around that so I’m just proud of it. There’s a lot that I feel was left out of his personal storyline but this movie was about N.W.A. as a collective and their brotherhood and how they started and everything they went through.” (SOHH)
Based on early projections, the biopic is on pace for a $57 million opening box office weekend.
It’s the battle of the initials at the weekend box office, with N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton” outperforming “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” “Compton” pulled in $24 million in Friday receipts, putting it on track for a $57 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates. Universal had pegged “Compton” for an opening between $25 million and $29 million, about half the haul it’s now expected to generate. (Variety)
