The lead singer of the favored 80s band, Tradition Membership, is getting the massive display screen remedy as musical biopics choose up in exercise.
Musical biopics have picked up in exercise as of late. Just lately, the Bob Marley film One Love encapsulated a notable story from the Raggae icon’s life. This yr has seen the discharge of Again to Black, which informed the story of Amy Winehouse. And this Christmas will see the premiere of A Full Unknown, which brings James Mangold again to the music world with Timothée Chalamet occupying the footwear of Bob Dylan. To not point out, sooner or later, we’re getting a Bruce Springsteen movie with Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, and Sam Mendes is bringing The Beatles’ story to theaters throughout 4 characteristic movies.
Deadline is now reporting {that a} Boy George biopic is now in improvement over at TriStar. It’s nonetheless within the early phases, however the film is about to be written by scribe J.C. Lee, who co-wrote the movie adaptation of his personal play Luce. Lee has additionally written for tv with credit that embody ABC’s How To Get Away With Homicide, HBO’s Trying and Ladies, and The Morning Present for Apple. The film is about to be produced by Lady King producer Cathy Schulman, George’s supervisor Paul Kemsley, Jeremy M. Rosen and Kevin King Templeton, together with Major Wave Music. Boy George can even be hooked up as an government producer.
Lee will likely be adapting the script from Boy George’s autobiographies, Take It Like A Man, Straight and Karma and it’s stated to be specializing in the profitable years of George’s group, Tradition Membership. Boy George can lately be seen within the Sky Authentic movie Arthur’s Whisky starring Diane Keaton. And earlier this yr, he teamed up with Ariana DeBose and Nile Rodgers for the track “Electric Energy,” which was the tie-in single with the Matthew Vaughn spy comedy Argylle. He had additionally taken the stage when he lately headlined the Broadway run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
