14 Music Biopics within the Works, From Elvis Presley to Aretha

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With the field workplace and awards season success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” music biopics are roaring again. “Rocketman,” primarily based on the lifetime of Elton John, simply launched this previous weekend, and several other others are presently within the works, together with movies about Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, John Lennon and Yoko Ono. 

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Amy Winehouse Monumental Pictures’ Alison Owen and Debra Hayward are producing a movie on the lifetime of the late Amy Winehouse. They’ll be working in coordination with Winehouse’s father Mitch, who beforehand mentioned in an announcement that he felt lastly the “time was right.” Although nobody has been solid but because the soul singer, Owen tells TheWrap the undertaking is in improvement and the plan is to shoot subsequent yr.

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“Respect” – Aretha Franklin Before her dying in 2018, Aretha Franklin selected Jennifer Hudson to painting her on movie. The biopic follows the Queen of Soul from her childhood singing in her father’s choir, by means of the tumultuous, cultural revolution within the 1960s initially of her profession, and on the way in which to changing into a global icon. Tommy Liesl is directing the movie from a script by Oscar winner Callie Khouri. MGM has the film slated for launch on Aug. 14, 2020.

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Bob Marley Bob Marley’s son Ziggy is producing the currently-in-development biopic in regards to the iconic reggae singer’s life with Paramount Pictures. Marley helped introduce reggae to mainstream audiences across the globe and helped change the panorama of music earlier than dying of most cancers at age 36.

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Boy George Most just lately, MGM introduced it’s set to provide a characteristic biopic on the lifetime of Boy George, the flamboyant and charismatic frontman of the pop band Culture Club. Sacha Gervasi (“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”) is writing and directing the movie that may chart his childhood in a working class Irish household up by means of his worldwide success as a solo artist.

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“Beautiful” – Carole King The movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical “Beautiful” in regards to the life and profession of Carole King was first introduced again in 2015, and a person with information of the undertaking advised TheWrap that “Beautiful” remains to be in improvement. While no solid or director has been set, Tom Hanks, Paul Blake and Gary Goetzman are set to provide an adaptation primarily based on the musical guide by Douglas McGrath. The play is a jukebox musical that includes lots of King’s hits because it charts the early a part of her profession, together with “You’ve Got a Friend,” “One Fine Day,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “Natural Woman” and plenty of extra.

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“The Power of Love” – Celine Dion Valérie Lemercier will star in and direct this characteristic impressed by the life and profession of Canadian singing powerhouse Celine Dion, which may also characteristic her songs. The movie is within the French language, and Gaumont is dealing with, however a consultant says gross sales haven’t but begun on the movie. 

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Elvis Presley “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann is helming an untitled biopic in regards to the lifetime of Elvis Presley at Warner Bros., and as of March, Tom Hanks was in talks to painting Elvis’ supervisor “Colonel Tom”…