NWA Biopic Casts their Dr. Dre, Eazy E, and Ice Cube

This year has been big year for Biopic films. With creation and planning of films like Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story, Gabby Douglas Story, Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, Get on Up (James Brown) and Whitney Houston this genre has been a fan’s favorite. According to sources, after more than five years, several writers and a tough-to-please trio that holds cast and script veto power, Universal's N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton" is finally getting the green light.

Media Sources say the studio has assemble its leading group members to tackle the roles of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and the late Eazy-E. The three parties with approval - Cube, Dre and Eazy-E's widow Tomica Wright - have signed off on the actors who will play the core members of the Legendary rap group.

There is without a doubt Lead MC, Ice Cube has been lobbying for his son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., 24, to be cast as the teen version of his father, and it is happening.

The team went with a surprise pick in Marcus Callender for Andre Young (Dr. Dre). He beat out a million of would-be rappers and Dr. Dre”s personal choice Michael B. Jordan, but the actor is about to take on a Fantastic Four reboot at Fox. Callender has some screen credits, including the pilot for Steve Zaillian's Criminal Justice on HBO, as well as bit parts in the CBS series Blue Bloods and Elementary.

The next vital role will be Jason Mitchell, who insiders say landed the film's lead role of Eazy-E after an out-of-the-park screen test. The New Orleans-based actor has played small roles in Broken City and Contraband.

In 2012, F. Gary Gray film director (Friday, Set it Off, The Negotiator, and The Italian Job) became attached to the project, reviving its prospects. And in late 2013, Jonathan Herman did a major script overhaul, which got the studio excited. Then, in the spring, Universal shot a sequence in Los Angeles in order to qualify for California's film tax credit, which is set to expire. With the film technically underway, Universal had to find its cast. Sources say Wright was the final holdout, but she has finally given her stamp of approval, paving the way for principal photography to begin in less than two months.