In line with Deadline, Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria has been tapped to helm Paramount Photos’ long-delayed biographical drama centering across the life and music of the legendary singing trio the Bee Gees. Scafaria replaces Start Once more director John Carney, who beforehand stepped in for actor-filmmaker Kenneth Branagh earlier this 12 months because the undertaking’s latest director.
This marks Scafaria’s third directorial effort because the 2019 Jennifer Lopez-led crime dramedy. She is not any stranger to music-themed films, as she beforehand wrote Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and produced Ricki and the Flash.
The newest draft of the untitled Bee Gees biopic’s screenplay is written by John Logan. The undertaking will probably be produced by Graham King, Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, and Jane Featherstone, with surviving Bee Gees member Barry Gibb serving as an govt producer. It hails from GK Movies, Amblin, and Sister.
The Bee Gees is comprised of brothers Maurice, Barry, and Robin Gibb. They rose to fame through the 1960-Seventies, due to their disco hits “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep is Your Love,” “How Can You Mend a Damaged Coronary heart,” and extra. The group, which gained 5 Grammy Awards, together with Album of the Yr, has offered over 220 million information.
In 2003, Maurice Gibb died on the age of 53 resulting from problems of a twisted gut. 9 years after that, his fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb additionally handed away on the age of 62 resulting from liver and kidney failure.
