Brendan Gleeson - Brendan Gleeson To Play Marvin Gaye's Belgian Pal In Biopic 27 April 2013 (CONTACT MUSIC)

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson and S. Epatha Merkerson have joined the cast of director Julien Temple's much-anticipated Marvin Gaye biopic.

The film, which stars Jesse L. Martin as the tragic soul legend, was recently picked up by executives at Focus Features International, and the untitled project will be presented to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival in France next month (May13).

Troy star Gleeson will play late promoter Freddy Cousaert, who convinced Gaye to live in Ostend, Belgium towards the end of his career, and Merkerson will play the singer's mother.

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Ewan McGregor: 'Shallow Grave' review: a beautifully filmed thriller that keeps you guessing Chris Sawin Houston Movie Examiner (EXAMINER)

Danny Boyle has come a long way in his rather lengthy filmmaking career. He gained a cult-like following with fan favorites "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later," "Slumdog Millionaire" won him an Oscar, and "127 Hours" was pretty outstanding but was perhaps blown up more than it should have been. It was a film called “Sunshine,” a personal favorite, about a team of astronauts sent on a mission to re-ignite the sun that really made this critic keep a keen eye on everything Boyle put his fingers on. Before all of that though, Danny Boyle made his debut as a director with a little thriller called "Shallow Grave."

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