Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule i-trailer entsha ye-'Get On Up', ifilimu esekelwe empilweni ka-Godfather of Soul odumile, yethulwe: James Brown. I-biopic izokhishwa ngo-Agasti 1 e-United States futhi izofika eSpain naseLatin America ngoNovemba. Endabeni yaseSpain, izobe inesihloko esithi 'Ngizizwa kahle', ithatha igama lezingoma ezidume kakhulu zomculi wenganekwane.
Ngokusekelwe endabeni ethinta inhliziyo kaBrown, Khuphuka uzonikeza ukubukeka okunembile emoyeni womculo wakhe, ekhombisa ukudlala kwakhe kanye nomlingiswa othile womculi, ethatha uhambo kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe ngeshwa ukuya ekuziphendukeleni kwakhe emsebenzini, okwamholela ekubeni ngomunye wabantu abavelele nabanamandla emculweni emhlabeni wonke.
Le phrojekthi yefilimu idlule ezintweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukuxoshwa kukaSpike Lee owaziwayo, kanye nezingxabano ezihlukahlukene zezomthetho, kodwa ekugcineni wafika echwebeni ngaphansi komyalo kaTate Taylor (Ladies and Maids) njengomqondisi kanye naye. Mick Jagger njengomkhiqizi omkhulu. Umculi we-Rolling Stone unikeze umbono wakhe mayelana nefilimu kwabezindaba: “Indaba yempilo yakhe ayijwayelekile futhi iyajabulisa, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke iyaphikisana. Uke waba nezinkinga emaphoyiseni waphinde waba yisibonelo esihle ngesinye isikhathi. Waqamba ethi 'Ngimnyama futhi Ngiyaziqhenya' kodwa weseka u-Nixon. Wayengeyena umculi futhi akukho okunye: wayengummeleli weqiniso wesikhathi sakhe ".