Deadline has confirmed that Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria is taking up Paramount’s Bee Gees film as John Carney steps again.
John Logan penned the most recent draft of the screenplay.
Graham King, who was behind the Oscar profitable Bohemian Rhapsody, is producing together with Amblin with Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, and Jane Featherstone producing by way of Sister.
We had heard by means of the grapevine this undertaking was having a tough time getting mounted because of the closing log out from the band’s property, however studio supply countered an enormous “No” to us.
Barry Gibb who was concerned in director Frank Marshall’s HBO documentary How Can You Mend a Damaged Coronary heart in regards to the Gibb siblings, can also be concerned right here within the function as an EP.
The Bee Gees racked up worldwide gross sales of greater than 220 million data, making them one of many biggest-selling teams of all time. Whereas Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb first started performing collectively within the late Fifties with people and delicate rock, their recognition mushroomed after they wrote songs for Saturday Night time Fever that fueled the recognition of disco and led to one of many top-selling albums ever, incomes them 5 Grammys together with Album of the 12 months. Although the hovering success made them world well-known, wealthy and an indelible a part of the ’70s zeitgeist, their place because the image of disco put them unexpectedly on their heels when there was an eventual backlash to the entire polyester vibe.
Maurice Gibb died instantly in January 2003 at 53. The remaining brothers retired the group’s title after 45 years of labor. They re-formed in 2009, however Robin died three years later at age 62 and that has left Barry Gibb to unfold the band’s legacy.
Jeff Sneider at Above the Line first broke this story.
Scafaria’s Hustlers repped the best grossing reside motion stateside movie for Jennifer Lopez at $105M, and her highest opening as effectively at $33M.
