Rob Peace

Rob Peace
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChiwetel Ejiofor
Written byChiwetel Ejiofor
Based onThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
by Jeff Hobbs
Produced byAntoine Fuqua
Rebecca Hobbs
Jeffrey Soros
Simon Horsman
Andrea Calderwood
Kat Samick
Alex Kurtzman
Jenny Lumet
StarringJay Will
Mary J. Blige
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Curtis Morlaye
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Michael Kelly
Mare Winningham
Camila Cabello
CinematographyKsenia Sereda
Edited byMasahiro Hirakubo
Music byJeff Russo
Production
companies
Republic Pictures[1]
Los Angeles Media Fund
Hill District Media
25 Stories
Participant
Sugar Peace Productions
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release dates
  • January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22) (Sundance)
  • August 16, 2024 (2024-08-16) (United States)
Running time
119 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$422,329[3]

Rob Peace is a 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and starring Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Jay Will, and Mary J. Blige. It is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs.[4]

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival[5] on January 22, 2024, and was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 16, 2024, by Republic Pictures.

  1. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (January 22, 2024). "'Rob Peace' Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor Crafts a Conventional but Stirring True Story of Talent, Struggle and Tragedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Rob Peace". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Rob Peace". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Witherspoon, Patrice (January 31, 2024). "Rob Peace Review: Ejiofor's Sophomore Slump Features a Brilliant Performance from Jay Will". ScreenRant.
  5. ^ Lee, Benjamin (January 23, 2024). "Rob Peace review - Chiwetel Ejiofor's moving fact-based tragedy | Sundance 2024". The Guardian.