Paramount were also involved in ‘Rocketman’, which starred Taron Egerton as Sir Elton John. Paramount Pictures are also involved in the film and have purchased the rights from the Gibb estate to use the Bee Gees’ classic music.
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The untitled movie is yet to get a director but is to be produced by Graham King, who worked on the Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. The band unravelled in subsequent years with substances, pills and booze involved, before Barry led a revival in the 1970s as the Bee Gees embraced a disco sound.īarry is the last surviving member of the group, as Maurice died in 2003 and Robin passed away in 2012. The film is to follow the group from the time they arrived in London from Australia and had their first number one hit with ‘Massachusetts’ in 1967.
The biopic and book news comes after it was previously reported that Bradley Cooper was approached by producers over the possibility of playing the eldest of the Gibb brothers, who enjoyed global chart-topping success with younger brothers Robin and Maurice, in an upcoming flick. He added: “There are things in the book that could never be in the film.” The musician also has an autobiography in the works with his son Ashley, 43, and teased that the tome contains content not suitable for the screen. “It is a million moments, you know – a million moments that change your life in one day.” “You shall see how I saw the world through my eyes, and there are a lot of things that nobody ever knew about.
The band created a distinct sound with their three-part harmonizing, their melodic voices forming a new kind of instrument.Īllie Gemmill is the Weekend Contributing Editor for Collider.Barry Gibb has revealed fans of the Bee Gees can expect a biographical film within the next couple of years, which is set to follow the 2020 documentary, ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’.īarry is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column as saying: “The biopic could be about two years away. The story takes us from their childhood in 1950s Australia to the artistic crucible of 1960s London and to the sundrenched coast of Miami, Florida. The film features a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage of recording sessions, concert performances, television appearances, and home videos, as well as interviews with musicians Eric Clapton, Noel Gallagher, Nick Jonas, Chris Martin, Justin Timberlake, music producer Mark Ronson, singer Lulu, record company executive Bill Oakes, among others. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is an intimate exploration of the Gibb story, featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice. Here's the official synopsis for The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Barry Gibb is the last remaining Gibb brother and the Bee Gee who flies the flag for the trios four decades of music. The film is a Polygram Entertainment presentation of a Kennedy/Marshall and White Horse Pictures production in association with Diamond Docs. Ahead of the new Bee Gees documentary How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Barry Gibb has opened up about why he had to ask the King of Pop to leave his house back in 2002. Marshall also produces on the doc alongside Nigel Sinclair and Jeanne Elfant Festa (HBO’s The Apollo and George Harrison: Living in the Material World), and Mark Monroe. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart was an official selection of the 2020 Telluride Film Festival. In this way, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart promises to be a fascinating watch for fans of the Bee Gees looking to plumb the depths of the Gibb brothers' legacy a bit further. While the trailer feels like a fairly standard documentary promo at first, it becomes clear as you watch that Marshall's lens is also interested in examining how the dynamic of the Bee Gees as brothers affected their shared fame. The trailer for The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart combines archival footage from past Bees Gees performances, home video, and interviews with commentary from singers and musicians like Justin Timberlake, Noah Gallagher, and Nick Jonas.
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