James Brown Biopic 'Get On Up' Lights The Screen On Fire In Latest Trailer

Nearly eight years have passed since the world lost James Brown, the Godfather of Soul (on Christmas Day, no less) in 2006. So why has it taken Hollywood so long to construct a musical biopic in his honor? Finding the right man to fill Brown’s hefty shoes might have caused the delay, but by the look of the above trailer for Get On Up, Chadwick Boseman’s the guy we’ve all been waiting for. This trailer, posted to YouTube, hits all the usual beats of the musical biopic. We get a child versio...