Contributed by Scott Lipscomb
John Legend is an amazing songwriter, and now outside of music he is making a biopic on the late comedian Bernie Mac.

Get Lifted, Legend’s production company, announced at the 2021 Tribeca Festival that they have teamed up with the Bernie Mac Estate to produce a film celebrating the life of the great comedian.

“The Soul Men reunion you all wanted to see,” Legend said. In the 2008 film, Legend portrayed Marcus Hooks, the bandmember Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd Henderson (Mac) honor in a reunion concert after he dies.

The Hollywood Reporter stated “Following the announcement, Legend and Jackson went on to reflect on Mac, who died in 2008, and his legacy. Of The Bernie Mac Show, Legend said: “It was beautifully done…. His humor was always edgy but it always had so much heart to it at the same time. You could tell he was a family man. You could tell that he loved the people he was talking about.”

While a release date or cast list hasn’t been announced, Legend plans to make sure the biopic captures the light that Bernie Mac was on and off the camera.