“Bohemian Rhapsody” screenwriter Anthony McCarten is in talks to write the script for the music biopic film based on the life and career of the Bee Gees, two individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The film about the disco and pop group is in the works at Paramount Pictures, which purchased the life rights to the Gibb family estate on behalf of Gk Films’ Graham King. Paramount will distribute and co-finance along with Amblin Partners and Sister, the new company from Stacey Snider, Elisabeth Murdoch and “Chernobyl” producer Jane Featherstone.
McCarten is a three-time Oscar nominee who has been on a roll with biopics. He most recently wrote the Netflix film, “The Two Popes,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, and previously worked with King on the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which is the highest-grossing music biopic of all time. He was nominated for his work on “Darkest Hour...
The film about the disco and pop group is in the works at Paramount Pictures, which purchased the life rights to the Gibb family estate on behalf of Gk Films’ Graham King. Paramount will distribute and co-finance along with Amblin Partners and Sister, the new company from Stacey Snider, Elisabeth Murdoch and “Chernobyl” producer Jane Featherstone.
McCarten is a three-time Oscar nominee who has been on a roll with biopics. He most recently wrote the Netflix film, “The Two Popes,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, and previously worked with King on the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which is the highest-grossing music biopic of all time. He was nominated for his work on “Darkest Hour...
- 11/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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