Get in the mood with these 18 upcoming musical biographies (2023)

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Will these musical biographies hit the nail on the head or go deaf? Check out our list of 14 upcoming films chronicling the iconic lives of famous musicians and who will star in them.

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Outside ofa star was bornaround Leonard Bernstein,Bradley Cooperstays true to the musical genre in his next big directorial effort. Multiple hyphens result in aBiography of Leonard Bernstein,Maestro,about the director and composer behind itWest Side History,Peter Pan, and more. Cooper co-wrote the Netflix film with Josh Singer (Image: Handout)lighthouse), while producing with Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, among others.Carey Mulliganwill star Felicia Montealegre, wife of the legendary composer.

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young georgeis another music icon getting the Hollywood treatment, with MGM producing the biopic and Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: the history of the anvil) writes and directs. The as-yet-untitled project will follow the singer (born George Alan O'Dowd) from his early years in England, growing up in a working-class Irish family, to his rise on the pop charts as part of the Culture Club group. ... in the 1980s.Sophia Turnerhathe said he liked the role, with Boy George admitting, "When I was 17, I would have loved to be her."

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Lucy Boyntontrade one musical biopic for another. After appearing inBohemian RhapsodyThe British actor will serve as executive producer and singer.Marianne FielEmIt fellDirected by Ian Bonhôte. Set in London in the mid-1960s, the film chronicles the ups and downs of Faithfull's career after she is discovered at age 17 as a student at a monastery and becomes a pop idol with whom she has a tumultuous romance.Mick Jaggerwho inspired some of the greatest songs by the Rolling Stones and his life as a homeless drug addict in Soho. “I'm so happy that my story is finally being filmed with my dream team: Lucy, [producer] Julia [Taylor-Stanley] and Ian,” said Faithfull.

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This shouldn't come as a surpriseMichael JacksonANDI finally got the biographical treatment.. Graham King, producer of the Oscar-winning biopic QueenBohemian Rhapsody, has acquired the rights to Jackson's music and is set to direct a film about the pop legend's life. Screenwriter John Logan works with King; The two previously worked together on Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic.the aviator

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Graham King is a busy man;Development of a biography about the Bee Gees.together withSteven Spielberg.OnceDirector John Carney will helm the as-yet-untitled film, and the screenplay was written by John Logan. The movie will likely follow the trio of brothers.Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, and their journey from humble beginnings in 1958 to worldwide fame after working on the soundtrack for the 1977 film.Saturday night feverand penned iconic tracks like "Stayin' Alive" and "More Than a Woman." Paramount and King purchased the housing rights to the Gibb family estate, allowing them to use the group's greatest hits in the film. Barry is the only surviving member of the group, as Maurice and Robin died in 2003 and 2012 respectively.

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Six-time Grammy nomineeTyrese GibsonANDwritten by Little Marvin, with Donald De Line (All right, player one.), Lee Daniels (of value) and Gibson produces. Pendergrass's widow, Joan Pendergrass, also serves as an executive producer. “I think it's the role I was born to play,” Gibson said. "Teddy Pendergrass embraced me and gave me the responsibility to tell his story before he died."

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an adaptation ofJohn LennonSYoko OnoSummer's epic love story took years to prepare. The script was written byBohemian RhapsodyWriter Anthony McCarten, while Ono handled production alone. Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club) was supposed to direct and edit before his death in 2021. There has been no further news about the project, but we still hope that it happens one day.

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Amy WinehouseIn 2018, the family announced that the legendary singer would get a theatrical biopic, with proceeds from the film reportedly going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The Winehouse family will serve as executive producers on the film.back to black, which was written byMatt Greenhalghand is managed bySam TaylorJohnson. "Now we feel able to celebrate Amy's extraordinary life and talent," said the singer's father, Mitch Winehouse. "Through the Amy Winehouse Foundation, we know that the true story of her illness can help many others who may be experiencing similar issues."

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rapperGucci Juba(real name: Radric Delantic Davis) will receive a biopic based on his Paramount Players and Imagine Entertainment memoir.Autobiography of Gucci Mane. imagine thatBrian Grazerand Erica Huggins will co-produce with Mane and Todd Moskowitz about the trap house artist who started his career releasing mixtapes in prison.

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Bob MarleyHe should be played by Kingsley Ben-Adir (Image: Disclosure)one night in miami) in a new biopic about the pioneer of reggae music. The Jamaican singer-songwriter died of cancer in 1981, but his short life forever changed reggae's legacy. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) will direct the biopic with the help of the musician's son, Ziggy Marley.

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Who better to make a movie?VirginLife like Madonna herself? The legendary singer will direct a biopic about her life, co-written with an Academy Award winner.JunoSchreiberDiablo Cody. Universal's as-yet-untitled film is rumored to starJulia Garnerstarring and also produced by Madonna and two-time Oscar nominee Amy Pascal (little woman). The film aims to follow the artist's rise to become the musician, actress, director, writer and entrepreneur who defines the culture it is today. Also on board as executive producers are Sara Zambreno and Guy Oseary, Madonna's former manager.

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Lemmy, aka Ian Fraser Kilmister, lead singer ofdrivermandatory medical insurancepassed away in 2015He receives a biopic from someone who knew him well: Greg Olliver. The filmmaker spent several years with the band on their 2010 documentary, also titledLemmy. The film follows Kilmister's childhood in England, his days as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and the five years he spent with the rock band Hawkwind before founding Motörhead and forever changing the future of rock music. Motörhead manager Todd Singerman and Steffan Chirazi will executive produce a script co-written by Medeni Griffiths with Olliver.

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What could be better than a biopic about a legendary female-fronted rock band? A biographical film about an iconic female-fronted rock band, written and directed by another iconic rock star: Sleater-Kinney's.Carrie Brownsteinwill write and direct a biopic about the rock bandhertzfor Amazon Studios. It was Heart's own guitarist, Ann Wilson, who was responsiblerevealed on SiriusXM's Volume WestHe“There is [a film] in the works”about his band, best known for late '70s and early '80s hits like "Crazy on You" and "Barracuda". Wilson added that he "saw the first draft of the script, it's really cool... The script started in childhood and ended in the '90s". Wilson and her sister Nancy Wilson are currently being cast in the roles.

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