<P> On February 10 , 2011 , it was announced that Morgan Creek Productions had developed and would finance and produce the rap legend Tupac Amaru Shakur 's biopic titled Tupac , which would follow his life from growing up to his death . Antoine Fuqua was attached as the director of the film , and the script was from Steven Bagatourian , Stephen J. Rivele , and Christopher Wilkinson . James G. Robinson and David C. Robinson would produce the film along with Program Pictures ' L.T. Hutton , and Tupac 's mother Afeni Shakur as executive producer , with production scheduled to begin that summer . On September 19 , 2013 , Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films came on board to co-finance and co-produce the $45 million budgeted film along with Morgan Creek . Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft were writing the latest draft of the film . On February 12 , 2014 , John Singleton again signed on to rewrite , direct and produce the film . On April 16 , 2014 , Open Road Films acquired the United States distribution rights to the film . Gonzalez , Haft , and Singleton wrote the latest draft of the script for the film , about Tupac 's life from his growing up in East Harlem to becoming a legendary songwriter and hip - hop artist , to his death in Las Vegas at the age of 25 . On April 7 , 2015 , it was revealed that Singleton exited the film due to some major creative differences , while Carl Franklin was being eyed to hold the direction duties . On October 28 , 2015 , The Hollywood Reporter reported that Emmett / Furla / Oasis had sued Morgan Creek over $10 million for breaking the companies co-production agreement signed in September 2013 . In the agreement , terms were not to exceed the production budget above $30 million , mutual approval for the lead actor 's selection , filming schedule , and distribution and sales agreements . Randall Emmett and George Furla also claimed that they all first signed a distribution deal with Open Road , which Morgan Creek rejected , and then Morgan Creek inked a new deal with Open Road without mutual approval . </P>
<P> On February 10 , 2011 , it was announced that Morgan Creek Productions had developed and would finance and produce the rap legend Tupac Amaru Shakur 's biopic titled Tupac , which would follow his life from growing up to his death . Antoine Fuqua was attached as the director of the film , and the script was from Steven Bagatourian , Stephen J. Rivele , and Christopher Wilkinson . James G. Robinson and David C. Robinson would produce the film along with Program Pictures ' L.T. Hutton , and Tupac 's mother Afeni Shakur as executive producer , with production scheduled to begin that summer . On September 19 , 2013 , Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films came on board to co-finance and co-produce the $45 million budgeted film along with Morgan Creek . Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft were writing the latest draft of the film . On February 12 , 2014 , John Singleton again signed on to rewrite , direct and produce the film . On April 16 , 2014 , Open Road Films acquired the United States distribution rights to the film . Gonzalez , Haft , and Singleton wrote the latest draft of the script for the film , about Tupac 's life from his growing up in East Harlem to becoming a legendary songwriter and hip - hop artist , to his death in Las Vegas at the age of 25 . On April 7 , 2015 , it was revealed that Singleton exited the film due to some major creative differences , while Carl Franklin was being eyed to hold the direction duties . On October 28 , 2015 , The Hollywood Reporter reported that Emmett / Furla / Oasis had sued Morgan Creek over $10 million for breaking the companies co-production agreement signed in September 2013 . In the agreement , terms were not to exceed the production budget above $30 million , mutual approval for the lead actor 's selection , filming schedule , and distribution and sales agreements . Randall Emmett and George Furla also claimed that they all first signed a distribution deal with Open Road , which Morgan Creek rejected , and then Morgan Creek inked a new deal with Open Road without mutual approval . </P>
who owns the rights to all eyes on me
who owns the rights to all eyes on me
Open Road Films
Open Road Films