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A Thug's Life: Here's How We Would Cast the New Tupac Movie

The shoot for the long-discussed look at the rapper's life has a date! Now it needs its actors.

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After sitting on the backburner for years now, that much-talked about Tupac Shakur biopic from Morgan Creek Productions is finally moving forward with Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films—and an estimated $45 million budget. According to Deadline, the film will begin production in 2014.

No word yet on who'll be portraying Tupac, but with production slated to begin in February 2014, it shouldn't be long before the studio secures an actor for the role. Before the casting happens, we have some suggestions. Here's who we would cast in the Tupac biopic.

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Chadwick Boseman as Randy "Stretch" Walker

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Chief Keef as Orlando Anderson

John Boyega as Treach

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Mark Wahlberg as Mickey Rourke

Rosario Dawson as Leila Steinberg

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J.D. Williams as Haitian Jack

Ludacris as Shock G

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Omarion as Danny Boy

Nicole Beharie as Jada Pinkett Smith

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Orien Harris as Suge Knight

Diddy as Puff Daddy

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Jamal Woolard as the Notorious B.I.G.

Danai Gurira as Afeni Shakur

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Michael B. Jordan as Tupac Shakur

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