Kingsley Ben-Adir Makes First Appearance In Bob Marley's Film Teaser: One Love

Kingsley Ben-Adir (screenshot)

JAKARTA - Paramount Pictures released the first teaser trailer for their latest biopic, Bob Marley: One Love. As the name implies, this film adapts the life story of reggae stars in a big screen format.

Bob Marley: One Love will focus on Bob Marley's journey as a musician set in 1976 in which the attempted murder case that almost took Marley's life. The climax was the One Love concert he performed in Jamaica in response to this case.

This two-minute teaser shows Bob Marley starting his music career in Jamaica. Its popularity is global to be on stage.

One love, one heart, one destination, the phrase echoed by Bob Marley also reverberated at the end of the teaser.

Apart from Ben-Adir, Bob Marley: One Love is also played by Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita Marley. The film also stars James Norton who plays Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records.

Bob Marley: One Love is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green who received appreciation after King Richard in 2022. The son of Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley and his family accepted this project and participated as producers.

It feels good to be here today for a film about my father. I am here as a film producer, but as a steward of my father's extraordinary legacy... this message of unity and love is as urgent as before," Ziggy Marley said at the ComicCon show.

Furthermore, Ziggy emphasized that this film will be tribute and honor the work and life of his father.

Bob Marley is a singer who is called a reggae pioneer with a Jamaican music focus. His figure became a global Rastafari icon and part of a popular culture. He died on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.

Bob Marley: One Love will air theatrically in 2024.