Jonathan Demme is taking Martin Scorsese’s hat as the director of an authorized Bob Marley documentary.

The target release date is Feb. 6, 2010, the 65th anniversary of Marley’s birth.

Scorsese passed the hat to Demme for scheduling reasons.

Demme’s history of music-related films starts with the Talking Heads in “Stop Making Sense,” Robyn Hitchcock in “Storefront Hitchcock” and Neil Young in “Heart of Gold.” He is editing a concert film, “Neil Young Trunk Show.”

Variety quoted Demme, “I am thrilled and humbled by this extraordinary opportunity to participate in fashioning a motion picture that can serve as a worthy vessel for the spiritual and musical