American singer-actor Tyrese Gibson is all set to star as the late singer Teddy Pendergrass in an upcoming biopic, for which Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the late singer's life rights.

Little Marvin is writing the screenplay for the film with Donald De Line, Lee Daniels and Gibson producing. Pendergrass' widow Joan Pendergrass is on board for the upcoming biographical drama as an executive producer, reported Entertainment Weekly.