John Carney, director of critically acclaimed original musicals including Sing Street and Once, has signed on to direct a biopic about the music and career of the musical group The Bee Gees. Paramount Pictures is making the film, with John Logan set to write the script.
Deadline reports that “Barry Gibb, who participated in the touching Frank Marshall-directed HBO documentary How Can You Mend a Broken Heart about the Gibb siblings, is very involved in the narrative film, and will be executive producer.”
Kenneth Branagh was attached to direct, but parted ways with the project late last year due to other scheduling conflicts that included a time consuming awards campaign for Belfast, which won him the Oscar for Best Original screenplay at the recent award show.
This sounds like a good matchup of talent. The Bee Gees have a huge library of songs to play throughout the film including “Stayin Alive,” “Night Fever,” “More Than a Woman,” “How Deep is Your Love,” “To Love Somebody,” “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” and more.