which of these musical biopics currently in development would you most like to see

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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

ick, myers as moon sounds terrible. schwartzman as moon sounds bad too!

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

one year passes...

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

one year passes...
three years pass...

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


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