How deep is director Kenneth Branagh’s love for the Bee Gees? I suppose we’re about to find out. The veteran director has been tapped to direct the untitled Bee Gees biopic for Paramount, according to Deadline.
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The Foo Fighters did something unexpected!
The band covered the Bee Gees classic “You Should Be Dancing” as part of Jo Wiley’s BBC Radio 2 Sofa Session, and it’s going viral on social media.
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“We’ve been going down to our studio every day and filming things and recording things, and this one day we had our list of things we were supposed to do and it said, ‘Record a cover song for Jo.’ And while we were having this conversation somebody said,
How deep is director Kenneth Branagh’s love for the Bee Gees? I suppose we’re about to find out. The veteran director has been tapped to direct the untitled Bee Gees biopic for Paramount, according to Deadline.
Bee Gees biopic, it has been reported.A deal for the as-yet-untitled film was made back in 2019 when it was announced that Graham King – who produced Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody – had teamed up with Paramount Pictures to create the project.According to Deadline, Oscar-nominated actor and filmmaker Branagh (Dunkirk, Wallander, Henry V) will helm the movie on the Gibb brothers’ life and career.
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Kenneth Branagh is set to direct Paramount Pictures’ untitled Bee Gees movie. The biopic, with Ben Elton writing the script, had long gestated at Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks and, more recently, at Amblin, before heading to Paramount through Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King, who had teamed with former DreamWorks exec Stacey Snider and her new company Sister.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterKenneth Branagh has been tapped to direct the upcoming Bee Gees biopic for Paramount Pictures.The movie will center on the life and times of the genre-spanning band, following the humble beginnings of brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb into their journey to pop superstardom. Following their first No.
Kenneth Branagh has been set to direct the untitled Bee Gees biopic movie for Paramount Pictures.
Kenneth Branagh will direct the Bee Gees biopic for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.Ben Elton is writing the script for the film that is still untitled.More to come…
Foo Fighters have revealed that Nick Raskulinecz, who co-produced their 2002 album ‘One By One’, was given the job by accident after the band “accidentally called the wrong Nick”.Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins said that frontman Dave Grohl dialled the wrong number in his list of contacts.“Nick Raskulinecz showed up and that guy who produced it and he just was a great cheerleader for us, you know?” he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music.
Foo Fighters were one of the acts to perform on Linda Perry’s Rock-N-Relief charity livestream this weekend.The Dave Grohl-led rock band took part in the second day of the virtual event earlier today (March 7), joining the likes of Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett, Macy Gray, Silversun Pickups and Sheryl Crow.During a two-song set, Foo Fighters performed a cover of Bee Gees member Andy Gibb’s ‘Shadow Dancing’ as well as their own song ‘Making A Fire’, which featured on their latest
King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have shared another episode of their Sunday Lockdown Lunch series, this time featuring a reptilian guest.The couple have been sharing weekly covers over the last few months and scoring viral hits for their often playful presentation of classic songs.In this week’s episode, uploaded earlier today (February 28), Fripp and Willcox put their spin on Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’, bringing along a snake to help them out.
The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb is getting candid about his life. Gibb — who is the sole surviving member of the Bee Gees — reflected on a number of topics including his upcoming music, his family, The Bee Gees’ recent HBO documentary and his biggest life regret in a new interview with Al Roker for "Today." In speaking on his new music, Gibb, 74, cited the loss of his brothers as to what inspired him to re-enter the studio once more.
Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is joining the Paramount+ band.
Foo Fighters are getting their Bee Gees on.
Foo Fighters have performed a cover of The Bee Gees‘ 1976 classic ‘You Should Be Dancing’, with Dave Grohl taking on the disco legends’ famous falsetto vocals.The band shared the new version for Jo Whiley’s Sofa Session on BBC Radio 2.
Dave Grohl has revealed that he turned down becoming Tom Petty‘s drummer because it would have been too “sad” to sit behind the kit so soon after Kurt Cobain‘s death.Appearing on The Howard Stern Show on Friday (February 12), the Foo Fighters frontman recalled performing with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994 – just months after Cobain died.“We had so much fun and we all got along so well,” Grohl remembered of the collaboration, explaining that he was
Royally funny! Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” on Friday, February 12, where they shared a hilarious encounter with Prince Harry.
Dave Grohl has opened up on who he thinks should induct Foo Fighters into the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, should they secure the prestigious honour.The band were announced on the shortlist for the latest intake for the Hall earlier this week, alongside the likes of Kate Bush, Iron Maiden and Jay-Z.While guitarist Pat Smear thinks Grohl’s mother Virginia is a perfect contender, the frontman believes that former Police drummer Stewart Copeland is the man for the job.Speaking on The Howard Stern
Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight is proving to be a popular remedy, debuting at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.In his first year of eligibility, Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z was among the nominees for the class of 2021 at the rock hall, which were announced Wednesday morning.If he were to be inducted, Hova would become just the third solo rapper to hang his mike in the RRHOF, after both Tupac Shakur (2017) and the Notorious B.I.G.