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Tupac Shakur's biopic will be written by Oscar-nominated scriptwriters.

The movie - which is being directed by Training Day filmmaker Antoine Fuqua - will be written by Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, both involved in the screenplay for 2001, Will Smith-starring sports biography Ali.

According to New York Magazine's Vulture blog, the movie - which does not yet have an actor to portray Tupac attached - could begin shooting in mid-November ahead of an expected 2011 release.

Talking about the project, Rivele admitted he knew little about the rapper - who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996 - until he began to research.

He said: "I knew nothing about Shakur. But it became clear he was essentially a 19th century Romantic poet who found himself in the 21st century.

"He was obviously very angry, and had been subjected to a great deal of violence in the home, in the streets and in prison. But he was just beginning to shed that anger and look for a purer voice."

Wilkinson confirmed the script would focus on the last day of his life, with flashbacks to his final four years.

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