Get on Up is a 2014 movie based on James Brown’s life starring the late Hollywood actor Chadwick Boseman. The film revolves around the struggles of James and how he rose to fame to be named the ...

Released in 2014, Get on Up attempted to repeat the successes of the biopics Ray and Walk The Line, turning the story of a musical icon into box office gold and bag an award or two in the process. The ...

'Get On Up' star said he worked five to eight hours a day with a choreographer. — -- When Chadwick Boseman was approached about taking on the complicated, soulful, split-loving role of James ...

Every beginning is difficult. This applies also to James Brown, who grew up in extreme poverty and ended up in prison for stealing. There he discovered, however, his love for music and so, after ...

Dan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman's death "felt like a sword went through me." The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014's Get on Up, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman's ...

Among his legendary roles as T’Challa in Black Panther and Jackie Robinson in 42, Chadwick Boseman also played “Get Up Offa That Thing” singer James Brown in Get on Up. The actor tragically passed ...

Hollywood loves to tell behind-the-scene stories of famous performers. These musical “bio pics” — with narratives of triumph and tribulation peppered with familiar songs — capitalize on audience ...