"12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen will collaborate with Tupac Shakur‘s estate for an upcoming feature-length documentary.

Deadline reported yesterday (May 9) that the Oscar-winning British filmmaker will direct the project through a new deal between the estate and Amaru Entertainment, the company founded by the rapper’s late mother Afeni Shakur. Tupac’s aunt, Gloria Cox, will executive produce with Jeanne Elfant Festa of White Horse Pictures, the production company responsible for several music documentaries, including "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week–The Touring Years." White Horse’s Nigel Sinclair and Nicholas Ferrall also feature as producers alongside Jayson Jackson ("What Happened, Miss Simone?") and estate trustee Tom Whalley. Deadline did not report a release date. 

"I am extremely moved and excited to be exploring the life and times of this legendary artist," McQueen told Deadline. "I attended [New York University] film school in 1993 and can remember the unfolding hip-hop world and mine overlapping with Tupac’s through a mutual friend in a small way. Few, if any, shined brighter than Tupac Shakur. I look forward to working closely with his family to tell the unvarnished story of this talented man."

The still-untitled project comes nearly 14 years after Amaru Entertainment released "Tupac: Resurrection." The Afeni Shakur-produced documentary incorporated rare archival footage and the MC’s own narration, recorded before his 1996 killing in a drive-by shooting. "Tupac: Resurrection" earned a "Best Documentary (Feature)" nomination at the 44th Annual Academy Awards.

Prior to her death last year from a suspected heart attack, Shakur co-produced the narrative film, "All Eyez on Me." Starring Danai Gurira ("The Walking Dead") as Afeni and newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac, the biopic arrives in theaters on June 16—what would have been his 46th birthday.