# Music star biopics - who's next? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150 "2006-06-10T01:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robdavsuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@robdavsuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robdavsuss)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/1 "2006-06-10T01:54:12Z")
In the last couple of years we’ve seen “Ray” and "Walk the Line,” so who is the next big music star to get a biopic? My guess: Jimi Hendrix - His life story. Focus on his guitar playing and his drug taking. Throw in some weird mystical, hoo-doo voodo, hippie-dippie stuff (kind of like in "The Doors). Title: “Kiss the Sky” John Lennon - Starts with the famous sleep in (1968?) and goes through the last 12 years of his life. Focus on his relationship with Yoko, drugs (of course), his non-relationship with Julian, and the FBI investigation and his almost deportation. Title: “John” or “John and Yoko” Marvin Gaye - His life story. Focus on his relationship with his father, women and, once again, drugs. Title: “What’s Going On.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/2 "2006-06-10T02:00:22Z")
They keep talking about doing one on Janis Joplin, but they can’t seem to find the right star. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/3 "2006-06-10T02:22:43Z")
I think the time is ripe for William H. Macy to star in _Rhinestone Cowboy: the Glen Campbell Story_. > **[Latest list of Bitcoin casinos with bonus offers](https://www.glencampbellshow.com/?nfr=1)** From the site: > [@](#): > > Becoming a bona fide living legend isn’t as easy as Glen Campbell makes it look. First, you have to have a solid foundation of talent on which to build — like being one of the hottest guitar players in the world. Then you have to record songs that will stand the test of time — standards such as “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman.” And of course, to be a “living” legend, you need to survive the harsh reality of a celebrity lifestyle. Check, check, and check. Sounds perfect to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/4 "2006-06-10T02:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=robdavsuss] In the last couple of years we’ve seen “Ray” and "Walk the Line,” so who is the next big music star to get a biopic? My guess: Jimi Hendrix - His life story. Focus on his guitar playing and his drug taking. Throw in some weird mystical, hoo-doo voodo, hippie-dippie stuff (kind of like in "The Doors). Title: “Kiss the Sky” Marvin Gaye - His life story. Focus on his relationship with his father, women and, once again, drugs. Title: “What’s Going On.” [/QUOTE] \*\*Quentin Tarantino \*\* was recently rumored to be attached to the Jimi Hendrix biopic, but he denies any involvement.[Cite](http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/02/quentin_tarantino_refutes_rumors_about_j) There is a Gaye biopic moving ahead w/ \*\*Jesse L Martin \*\* (Law & Order, Rent) as Marvin Gaye. The working title is “Sexual Healing”. [Cite](http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1523789/story.jhtml) I’ve heard that \*\*Don Cheadle \*\* is possibly going to play Miles Davis in an untitles biopic of the jazz legend. [Cite](http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002157906) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/5 "2006-06-10T04:39:43Z")
Andre “Andre 3000” Benjamin, the multitalented rapper/producer/actor from Outkast, has been attached to star in a Jimi Hendrix biopic for several years now. Apparently the Hendrix estate refuses to allow any of his songs to be used in such a movie, which rather defeats the purpose of making a Jimi Hendrix biopic, so things have stalled. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/6 "2006-06-10T04:56:08Z")
Rock Hudson. Fatty Arbuckle. Back when Philip Seymor Hoffman was fat he’d have been perfect. ---
**Author:** ![soul\_radiation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@soul\_radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soul_radiation)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/7 "2006-06-10T07:09:07Z")
Rumor has it that an Iggy Pop biopic is in the works with Elijiah Wood as the lead. I really hope this does not happen. But a film about Iggy or Joe Strummer would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/8 "2006-06-10T07:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] Rock Hudson. Fatty Arbuckle. Back when Philip Seymor Hoffman was fat he’d have been perfect. [/QUOTE] I had no idea that either Rock or Fatty were music stars. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/9 "2006-06-10T07:31:48Z")
The AOL news seemed to have an item earlier today that said Jamie Foxx was going to play Bob Marley in a biopic. I didn’t read the piece, and I can’t find any other info on it right now. Not sure how I feel about it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/10 "2006-06-10T10:20:06Z")
If we’re modeling this speculation on _Ray_ and _Walk the Line_ (and studio heads _would be_ modeling this speculation on _Ray_ and _Walk the Line_) we need to show our hero hitting a low but then triumphing over his/her demons so we can have a Happy Ending. Jimmy and Janis ain’t gonna fit in this model. (Stone’s _Doors_ was a different kind of bio pic, and way before this current trend) Using _Ray_ and _Walk the Line_ as a model, I’m gonna throw in **Ozzy Osbourne** as a possibility. The reality T.V. show already serves as sucessful test-marketing. People believe and like the Ozzy / Sharon love story- and we’d get to see her “save” him from his self-destructive ways. Throw in some cancer survival and we got a winner. There’s a new documentary about [Leonard Cohen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478197/) that I’m looking forward to seeing. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-star-biopics-whos-next/360150/11 "2006-06-10T12:38:48Z")
[QUOTE=HelloNinja] There is a Gaye biopic moving ahead w/ \*\*Jesse L Martin \*\* (Law & Order, Rent) as Marvin Gaye. The working title is “Sexual Healing”. [/QUOTE] They better change that title for the final product. It’s disastrous.