It seems the trend of turning the life experiences of crooners, wailers and soul-merchants into movies isn’t coming to an end any time soon. Still, there is an antidote.
You’ll probably have heard that the men behind 40 Year-Old Virgin and Orange County (Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan) are teaming up to bring you Walk Hard. Well, Talladega Nights star John C Reilly has finally scribbled to star in the musician biopic parody that chronicles the tale of Dewey Cox.
Reilly will arrive on set for a mid-January shoot, ready to poke fun at Walk The Line, Ray and Beyond The Sea.
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On the other side of the coin, Traffic star Don Cheadle has signed on the line to direct and star in a biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis. Not to be knocked, the Davis flick has been scribed by respected biopic key-tappers Chris Wilkinson and Steve Rivele. The duo are best known for their writing duties on Ali and Nixon. So… title guesses… Davis, by any chance?
