full length jackie jormp-jomp > any of these
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
milli vanilli or scatman easy
― balls, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
sammy davis would be an interesting one, at least. jeff buckley!! - fuck sake.
― nonightsweats, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
girl you know it's N.W.A.
― markers, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to see a decent Brian Epstein bio
― Darin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason the queen one interests me most
― private parts & labia (electricsound), Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
i love Queen but i hate Cohen so i'm pretty conflicted about that one
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
Soderbergh's Liberace biopic starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 2 June 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
I went for N.W.A because that would be incredible to watch. That is all.
― Ray the Otter. (captain rosie), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
I've wanted to see a Marvin Gaye one for a long time, but not THAT one.
Since that's a no-go, I'm into the Dennis Wilson one.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 June 2011 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
biopics are the worst. was hoping Ray/Walk the Line would have just sunk this shit into oblivion.
but these all look real promising!
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 2 June 2011 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
after this you'd think people would lay off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWgCeqP_oKs
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Thursday, 2 June 2011 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
Voted Marvin Gaye as I loved Temple's 'Oil City Confidential' and am intrugued to see what he would do here. Of the ones which are in development limbo has to be Milli Vanilli. I don't know the best way to approach it, 24HPP/Producers style farce or something darker.
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
I guess the Keith Moon one is dead.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't there a miles davis one too? with don cheedle? anyway, if most of these make it to the screen, they will be terrible.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Milli Vanilli and The Shaggs would be the first choices.
― t**t, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Sam Cooke
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
But best of all would be a Hank Williams biopic
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Not Michael Sheen again!
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone ever seen the one with George Hamilton?
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
to me the main problem with these (and i guess biopics in general) is how they try to cram a whole life into a single two hour narrative. i'd love to see a movie about, say, a month in the life of miles davis in the late 50s or something. but a movie that does the whole childhood to death thing is not terribly interesting.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp Nathan Rabin has.
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
jackie jormp jomp
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
I guess that Steve McQueen Fela Kuti biopic isn't happening? Woulda gotten my vote.
― circa1916, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Ding Ding Ding!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
kinda curious about a feature-length Four Seasons biopic tbh
― LL Coolna (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
scorsese doing sinatra = sign me up
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
^^^Just tell me he isn't casting friggin' DiCaprio
― a "goaty"-style beard (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
True story: I once got approached by a (very, very seedy) producer to write a mystery about the last night of Sam Cooke's life. I talked to Ned about it when we sat at the Hotel Figueroa, and we realized there was no way to make it a good movie.
― remy bean, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for NWA
Charley PrideThe latest: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was attached to the story of the country singer in April.
how could i not vote for this
― Princess TamTam, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
o_O
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Hilly Kristal would be an interesting project if it followed the interpretive fantasia format a la Velvet Goldmine, where you get guess the characters' identities -- "obv Mapplethorpe", "I think that might be Cheetah Chrome, not sure", "the hair's a toss up between Billy Ficca and Clem Burke"...
― Spectrist, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of into a Marvin Gaye film based around him hanging out in Belgium. Then again, I wish "Walk the Line" had featured less Elvis and more Rick Rubin.
― отдых в Крыму! (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
The Gainsbourg one is supposed to good.
― For one throb of the (Michael White), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Thursday, June 2, 2011 11:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Sadly, yes. Even with Daltrey producing, a star on board (Mike Myers, and not, inexplicably, Jason Schwartman), and a working title (See Me, Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked, For Your Pleasure) Roger never found a script to his liking, despite being deluged with them.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
*Schwartzman
Schwantzmann??
― t**t, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
would rather see a Sly Stone movie than any of these tbh
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
There was a Keith Moon biopic planned some years ago. Was it dropped? Because if there's one biopic I'd love to see, it would be Keith Moon.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 2 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
It definitely would've made a great movie, but it was in development for nearly 10 years, and Daltrey never found a decent script, so he essentially killed the project.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of into a Marvin Gaye film based around him hanging out in Belgium.
I saw this documentary.
also, I suspect Daltrey was trying to make sure film never got made?
― Mark G, Friday, 3 June 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Marvin Gaye one would certainly be full of incident. I suspect it'd be really really depressing though.
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
... biopic that is, I've seen the documentary and that was depressing enough
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Friday, 3 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, he initiated the project, and was one of the producers. He definitely wanted to make sure that a sub-par Moon movie never got made, though. But interviews from around 8-10 years ago show him really excited about Mike Myers signing on.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
ick, myers as moon sounds terrible. schwartzman as moon sounds bad too!
― tylerw, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Mike Myers as Moon woul be like Michael Mackintyre as Moon, i.e. wrong.
― Mark G, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
for some bizarre reason, Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right got me thinking he could do a Neil Diamond 70s biopic. don't know if i'd want to see it though ;)
― Ludo, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i love Cohen but i hate Queen so i'm pretty conflicted about that one
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Myers has also been older than Moon was when he died since about 1994, which is always annoying/distracting in biopics
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
McQueen's Fela project may still happen, but not likely to resemble a 'biopic':
http://www.shadowandact.com/?p=34905
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh YEAH! Freddie Mercury to follow being awesome with being hated by "Morbz"
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I could almost see Myers as Moon circa '77-'78. But Schwartzman has the advantage of a) looking like Moon, and b) being a drummer.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 3 June 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
the sammy davis one seems like it might actually be interesting, especially with andre 3k? snipes as jb = i hope this never comes to pass.
also anything about a drummer would be tough, since the drums are always the least convincingly-mimed instrument in movies. i think it only works if the actors actually learn to play a la 'that thing you do', that joy division thing, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T83g05yX1dw
― adult music person (Jordan), Friday, 3 June 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
But Schwartzman has the advantage of a) looking like Moon, and b) being a drummer.true, i think my main problem is just the idea of schwartzy trying to pull off a convincing british accent.
― tylerw, Friday, 3 June 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
Serge Gainsbourg.
― 27 Dresses, 13 Assassins (Eazy), Friday, 3 June 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 6 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
A "sanctioned" Brian Wilson pic
http://www.avclub.com/articles/shaggyhaired-actor-paul-dano-to-star-as-shaggyhair,91278/
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229437/reunited-ramones-estates-plan-big-comeback-including-martin-scorsese-film
http://meetsobsession.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Joey-Ramone-Adam-Driver.png
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
Jake Gyllenhaal and Bradley Cooper both planning to play Leonard Bernstein; Cooper's film got the music rights from the LB estate
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dueling-bernstein-biopics-how-bradley-cooper-took-baton-jake-gyllenhaal-1112599
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 August 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
very cool
― Ross, Thursday, 9 August 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link