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John Lennon Biopic is a Go; Now, Who Should Play John?
John Lennon's life looks like it's heading for the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter writes that a biopic called Nowhere Boy is in the works, to be directed by visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood and written by Matt Greenhalgh, who most recently wrote the Ian Curtis biopic Control.
According to the Reporter, the movie will film in Lennon's hometown of Liverpool and focus on his early years:
Greenhalgh's script details the story of Lennon as a lonely teenager growing up as his aunt and the mother who gave him up fight for his love.
Can You Take Jared Leto Seriously as an Actor?
According to the AP, Jared Leto gained 60 pounds to portray John Lennon's assassin in the upcoming Chapter 27, which I've been patiently awaiting ever since Sundance 2007. Physical transformations like Leto's are often the sign of a serious, committed actor. However, Leto's off-screen press has left a sour taste in my mouth (he even slipped off Pop's manjoyment radar).
Song of the Day: Mick Jagger, "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)"
This is interesting: According to music blog I Am Fuel, You Are Friends, between the years of 1973 and 1975 (a period of time known as The Lost Weekend), John Lennon wandered around working with all sorts of various musicians, like David Bowie, Elton John and Mick Jagger. According to this blogger:
The track he laid down with Mick Jagger was, for a long time, just mythical. In 2003, a London record store owner put an unlabeled record up for auction which he claimed had come originally from Ronnie Wood (guitarist for the Stones) and contained a collaboration cover of Jagger singing the old Willie Dixon blues song, "Too Many Cooks" with Lennon on guitar.
Link Time! 8/14
- Popwatch's caption for this particular image is absolutely hilarious, but can you think of a funnier one? (That's supposed to be Matt Damon, by the way.)
- Cinematical's Kim Voynar gives advice to dudes who want to learn more about how to become "sexy geeks" like Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen.
- Give Me My Remote tells Los Angeles-area residents how to watch "Pushing Daisies" in a cemetery on Thursday.
- FilmExperience sings the praises of Mark Strong, "the ubiquitous bad guy," who's currently starring in Stardust.
- Rolling Stone Rock&Roll Daily shares the news that John Lennon's solo work is finally available on iTunes, along with some bonus videos.
- Kristen Bell tells MTV's Movies Blog that a "Veronica Mars" movie hasn't even been discussed.
- GeekSugar tests your eagle eye for all the gadgets seen in "The Hills" season premiere.
- TVGasm mourns the death of "John from Cincinnati."
- After watching "Greek," TV Squad wonders: Really, is it that easy to get a drink underage these days?
Remembering John Lennon
I can't let it go unmentioned that the launch date for BuzzSugar, Dec. 8, also marks the anniversary of the death of John Lennon, one of the world's great musicians and one of my personal favorites. To mark the occasion, I just found a very fitting tribute on Music Like Dirt.
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Link Time!
- Check out the Dear John poster with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried — Cinematical
- The New Moon soundtrack is moving up its release to Oct. 16, four days early — PopSugar Rush
- Supermarket tabloid Weekly World News might get a TV show — Movieline
- Carrie Underwood is getting her own variety show on Fox — TV Squad
- Watch the sneak peek of Neil Patrick Harris voicing the evil Music Meister on The Cartoon Network's Batman — The Ausiello Files
- Cancelled show Southland might be moving to TNT — Vulture
- Reno 911 and The State's Thomas Lennon has been tapped for his own NBC comedy — Coming Soon
- Janet Jackson's greatest hits collection will contain a new single — Zap 2 It
- Fox reassures fans that it'll show all 13 of this season's episodes of Dollhouse — The AV Club
- The top five movie gunfights, with video clips — Rotten Tomatoes
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