MUSIC BIOPICS JUST ITCHING TO BE MADE
May 30th 2008 12:06
With Ray Charles (Ray), Johnny Cash (Walk The Line), and Bob Dylan (I’m Not There) in the bag, and with Martin Scorsese taking on a film based on the life of Frank Sinatra, here are a few more legendary musicians who are ripe for the big screen treatment.
ELVIS PRESLEY
While their have been a plethora of straight to TV productions dedicated to the King of Rock and Roll, there has yet to be a big budget Hollywood production devoted to telling Elvis’ life story, and what a story it is: Poor southern boy turned cultural icon, Hollywood movie star, Las Vegas Showman, and bloated drug addict. If placed in the right hands, and if cast right, an Elvis Presley biopic could be a huge commercial and critical success.
KURT COBAIN
Never has a star shun so bright only to succumb to the darkness of depression and drug addiction.
Kurt Cobain was a champion to a generation of music fans who had become wary of the glam rock excess from the 1980s, yet his music also had a dark undercurrent that would not be felt thoroughly until after his suicide in 1994.
Gus Van Sant had filmed a biopic of sorts in 2005 with Last Days, which starred Michael Pitt as a rock star with a striking resemblance to Cobain. However, word around the camp fire is that Ewen McGregor has been tapped to play Cobain in a big budget movie based on the biography Heavier Than Heaven.
JIMI HENDRIX
There have been various attempts at making a big budget film upon the life of Jimi Hendrix. Hell, only last year it was rumoured that Quentin Tarantino had the project in the bag, with Terrence Howard set to star.
However, all attempts have been nixed by the Hendrix estate’s refusal to allow his music to be used in any film production, and what good is a Jimi Hendrix film without Purple Haze. Or Voodoo Chile. Or Red House…
Still, there is hope that this charismatic stage personality would be given the proper big screen treatment.
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