While there was speculation before the Thanksgiving holiday about Lenny Kravitz potentially portraying Marvin Gaye in the forthcoming Julien Temple film on Gaye's life, Deadline is now confirming the buzz about Kravitz taking his first leading role. Previously appearing in supporting roles in Precious and The Hunger Games, the film will focus on Gaye's last years during the early ’80s, when he stuggled with drug addiction, depression and restarting his career in Europe with the help of British music promoter Freddy Colsaerts. The film helmed by Temple is tentatively entitled Midnight Love after Gaye’s last album. Word on the street is also that the film will being shooting next year and that Temple has already cleared the music rights for Midnight Love for the project, which hopefully means we will be seeing Midnight Love on screen at the end of 2013 or sometime in 2014.
." "Sunflower" is a mellow smooth mid-tempo joint from the rocker and is a refreshing sound to what we've been hearing lately. With that said, listen below to the retro mellow joint below and lookout for "
." The visual is a parody of a 70s game show and Kravitz flexes his acting muscle by acting as the host, lead singer, as well as the drummer of his band. Peep the visual below and be on the lookout for "
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." Kravitz's raspy and soulful vocals prove a perfect match for this smooth laid back reggae classic. Watch Lenny do his thing bellow with The Roots and Enjoy!