also, I suspect Daltrey was trying to make sure film never got made?
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