Based on a true story

The Untold Story of Tupac’s Last Days Told Through the eyes of a friend.

7Dayz, is the story of an Iranian kid that comes to America amidst the hostage crisis in Iran. He gets a first hand taste of hatred being called a camel jockey and a sandnigger. Not really even fitting in the U.S, until a twist of fate and careers, makes him Tupac Shakur’s production partner. Tupac ends up being the first person to ever recognize something special in this out of place Iranian young man.

7 Dayz Based on a True Story

7 DayzWriter/Director: Gobi M. Rahimi

Producer: Preston L. Holmes

Director of Photography: David V. Daniel

Casting Director: Sheila Jaffe (The Fighter, Contraband)

Budget: 4.2M

Genre: Drama

Status: Development

Possible Shooting Locations: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Massachusetts

Production Dates: Fall of 2015

Confirmed Cast: Tupac Amaru Shakur (Archival footage Owned by Gobi) The uniqueness of this film is that every scene that Tupac is in, will be actual footage of himself.

Given all the tension between Deathrow and Tupac’s camp,  Pac’s going to Vegas didn’t feel right, so Gobi also decided to go. Once Gobi found out Tupac had been shot, Gobi went straight to the hospital and ended up sitting security for a week for his friend and business partner, amidst death threats, FBI informants and a non cooperative Police Department.  Given Hollywood’s new desire for urban content (Dope, Straight Out Of Compton, Empire) and the relevancy of todays ongoing civil rights issues and how they factored into Tupac message, the timing for this film is ideal. (The 20th anniversary of Tupac’s death is 2016)

Synopsis

Target Cast

Ving RhamesRay Abruzzo

Joy Bryant

Tupac Amaru Sakur

Dev Patel

Shia LaBeouf

Christopher Massey

Hayden Panettiere

Lauryn Hill

Tristan Wilds

Khleo Thomas

Dev Patel- Gobi (Slumdog Millionaire,) Shia LaBeouf- Gobi (Transformers, Wall Street, Lawless), Yaasmeen Fula Joy Bryant -Tracy Robinson (Bobby, Spiderman 2) Ving Rhames - Suge Knight (Mission Impossible 5, Mafia, Pulp Fiction) Hayden Panettiere- Molly Monjauze ( Racing Stripes, Heroes, Remember the Titans) Lauryn Hill- Afeni Shakur (Sister Act, Surf’s Up, SoulFood), Ray Abruzzo - David Kenner (House of Sand and Fog, Last Vegas), Khleo Thomas-Kadafi/Yaki Fula (Holes, Walking Tall), Tristan Wilds/Noble (90210, Red Tails, The Wire), Chirstopher Massey/Mutah/Napoleon (Switched at Birth, City Girls, Everybody Hates Chris)

FilmmakersBorn in England, Gobi has cultivated an accomplished and extensive career in film, TV, branding and social media. Gobi brings over 18 years of experience and over 300 credits across multiple platforms producing and directing commercials, music videos and branded content.

He just produced a reality pilot for VH1 for Joke Productions. Just prior to that he put together some commercials for HOT POCKETS and MICROSOFT. He also directed a branded commercial/video for Nestle’s HOT POCKETS, starring Snoop Lion, which garnered over a BILLION media impressions. Gobi is also producing upcoming Surf film Tubed 3D, which is being helmed by Dana Brown (Step Into Liquid, Endless Summer 2)   He just finished directing a documentary for Draeger Pharmaceutical on Neonatal care of premature babies, that has debuted on a global web platform. Prior to that he directed and produced a series of commercials, viral videos, mini docs for the brand The House of Marley. He also directed the first of a series of comedy narratives for Levity Entertainment entitled “My Two Worlds”. His recent directing of webisodic ARG (alternative reality gaming) for Nestle’s Butterfingers starred Seth Green and garnered over a BILLION media impressions. Attendees at his 3DX Film Festival in Singapore, and Hong Kong 3D Film Festival included the CEO’s of DISNEY, DREAM WORKS, and FOX.  His show “FIRST IN” followed the lives of Firefighters in Compton, and premiered on the BET Network two seasons ago. 

Gobi M. Rahimi - Director/Writer

FilmmakersPreston Holmes is an industry veteran with 30 years experience as a producer, production manager and assistant director on feature films, television movies and documentaries. His production experience runs the gamut from studio features to lower budgeted independent productions shot on locations ranging from Harlem and South Central to Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Preston eventually joined Spike Lee’s production team and helped turn out such hits as “Do The Right Thing”, “Mo Betta Blues” and “Jungle Fever”. He has since gone on to Produce or Co-Produce films with some of today’s most outstanding African-American filmmakers; “Juice” with Ernest Dickerson, “Malcolm X” and “Crooklyn” with Spike Lee and “New Jack City”, “Posse” and “Panther” with Mario Van Peebles.

In 1992 Preston relocated to Los Angeles to head up Def Pictures for Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan and Polygram Pictures. While at Def, Preston developed and served as Executive Producer for the films “Gridlock’d” and “Def Jam’s How to be a Player”. In 2000, Preston also produced the award winning television movie “Boycott”, starring Jeffrey Wright and directed by Clark Johnson for HBO Films with whom he is currently developing a film on the life of African-American movie pioneer Oscar Micheaux.

Preston also produced the Academy Award nominated documentary “Tupac Ressurection” for MTV Films and Amaru Entertainment, which was released theatrically in 2004. Also in 2004, Preston produced “Sucker Free City”, a movie for Showtime and “She Hate Me”, a feature film, for Sony Classics which were both directed by Spike Lee. Also in the summer of 2004 Preston was Associate Producer on “Hustle & Flow”, an independent feature produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain, shot on location in Memphis, TN.

Preston L. Holmes - Producer

He also recently served as Executive Producer on the Focus Features film “SOMETHING NEW” - starring Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker; “ILLEGAL TENDER” – written and directed by Franc. Reyes and produced by John Singleton; and as Producer of the film “WAIST DEEP”, with Tyrese Gibson and Meagan Goode, also for Focus Features.

In 2010 Holmes was also Executive Producer/Line Producer on the Lionsgate film, WE THE PEEPLES with Keri Washington and Craig Robinson and Line Producer on the ESPN, 30 for 30 documentary, ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS about the friendship of Tupac and Mike Tyson, written and directed by Reggie Rock-Bythewood. Most recently, Holmes served as Executive Producer on the Universal Pictures release of the film THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY.

Press/Media Coverage

Dedication Soundtrack and ScoreA UNITY Album is intended with a who’s who in music

KendrickLamar

J. Cole

Brother Ali

Rihanna

Nas

Esperanza Spalding

Stevie Wonder

Missy Elliot

Damien MarleyTechN9ne

Andra Day

Eminem

Comparable Projects

Film BudgetThe film’s budget, including all development, production, post-production, and delivery costs, of a 7Dayz feature film, Documentary Series and soundtrack estimated at $6,150,000.00.

Narrative Feature $4,200,000.00

7 part, 1 hour doc series $1,500,000.00

All Stars Unity Album $450,000.00

Traditionally, the life of a film is broken down into six phases:

• Development• Pre-production• Production• Post-production• Distribution• Exhibition/Exploitation

The Producers aim to produce the film in the states, as well as internationally, with the most aggressive film incentive programs (refer to Tax Considerations section for additional details), which, through tax rebates and credits, can reduce production expenditures by as much as 30%.

The film’s production advisors have considerable experience in creating the most conservative production budgets possible, while protecting the creative integrity and cast value of each film. The key production personnel have histories well known in the entertainment community. These personnel (Line Producers, Cinematographers, Production Designers, Composers, and the like) are placed into positions of great responsibility according to their historic abilities to control costs, while maintaining high production value.

High quality, moderately budgeted urban films, are especially sought after by worldwide buyers; and the willingness of major stars and directors to work within this budget range has been fueled over recent years by major studios’ wholesale abandonment of internally produced films of this size and scale. The corporate conglomeration of Hollywood has dictated the production of moderately budgeted films to independent production companies. The average major studio film budget for 2009 exceeded $100 million, according to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). It is a compelling opportunity for first class producers. It is a calculated strategy to produce a $15M -$20M, star-driven feature film with an emphasis on minimizing risks for equity stake-holders, maximizing short term returns, and building long term catalog value.

Distribution

The motion picture industry is highly competitive, with much of a film's success depending on the skill of its distribution strategy. As independent producers with a privately funded, high-quality product, the Production Entity is ideally positioned to negotiate with major distributors for the distribution and wide release of “7 Dayz”

It is the goal of the producers of Coup to do “output” distribution deals with selected studios, in order to control finances and creativity that are commonly problematic through the studio system. With this distribution strategy in place, the producers and financiers have control over accounting, production, and the creative aspects of the film, all the while harnessing the well established studio system’s distribution machine.

Contact info:

Ray Moheet310.417.4825

ray@levityent.com