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We've heard it through the grapevine today (well Variety actually) that superstar rapper/actor/producer Dre has acquired the film rights to Marvin's music.

So we've been talking in the Music News LIVE office about who we'd like to see in the role of the late soul singer.

Here's some of the runners and riders...

Jamie Foxx won an Oscar in 2005 for his portrayal of R&B legend Ray Charles in another music biopic. If anything, his performance as Ray was so memorable that it could work against him being cast in the role of Marv too.

Foxx, like Dr Dre, bought the music rights to Gaye's back catalogue for a TV series back in 2016 but little has been heard about that project since, so he may decide to join forces with the hip hop legend.

Not only can he act but Jamie can certainly sing too, as Kanye West fans will testify.

And if it's sex appeal you want in the role of the Sexual Healing star, then look no further...

Donald Glover - aka Childish Gambino - is the one of the most in demand entertainers in the business at the moment.

His stylishly politically-charged video for This Is America has been viewed almost 284 million -yes, MILLION - times now on YouTube.

When he's not spitting out arresting visual statements he's entertaining us with his comedy- drama series Atlanta (above).

As fictional rapper Paper Boi even points out to Donald's character, Earn, on the show, early on: "I need Malcolm [X] - and you're more Martin [Luther King Jr]."

Marvin loved to laugh and liked to get political too, on What's Going On, so the role could be made for him.

Lenny Kravitz may claim to have been denied a role in Big Little Lies because of the colour of his skin but he was reportedly one of the first names to be approached for the role of Marvin on one of the earlier failed attempts to bring his life story to the screen.

According to TMZ in 2012 , Lenny was asked by Gaye's son and childhood friend Marvin III to walk away from the role of a lifetime after arguments over the script.

He then went on to act alongside Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games.

Is Dre going to go his way this time around?

John Boyega is best known for his role as Finn in the 2015 Stars Wars film, The Force Awakens and 2017 sequel The Last Jedi.

The Londoner is now a household name in Hollywood, as he told Radio 1Xtra DJ Dotty (above) but it turns out he's a keen music fan too.

John's appearance in the music video for James Corden's parody of the Brandy & Monica track The Boy(ega) is Mine showed great promise.

We feel the music biopic force is strong with this one.

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What about Dr Dre himself?

As well as producing Straight Outta Compton - the tale of his band NWA - we've seen Dre appear in films like Training Day, alongside Denzel Washington.

The rights to telling Marvin's story won't come cheap so it's obviously a labour of love for the rapper.

Tragically, Gaye was fatally shot by his dad aged 44 and while the rapper is a little older, 53, we think he could get away with it if he was to award himself with the lead role and the right camera angles.

John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen may have just welcomed another little Legend to their family but if paternity leave in showbiz is as short as is it is in reality then the singer/actor could be back to work sooner rather than later.

As well as being a world class crooner, he starred alongside Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the Oscar-winning La La Land.

If anyone is fitting of the name Legend, then surely it's Marvin Gaye.

Last but not least...

Our wild card entry in the form of BBC Sports News presenter Hugh Woozencroft.

Hugh has demonstrated his ability to handle the big occasion, mingling with the stars while reporting on World Cups, Wimbledons and more.

His acting credentials have yet to be truly tested but like Marvin in his prime, he's looking to Get it On.

Oh and he's already nailed the beard.