Biopics about musicians are very popular, for example ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ is currently in cinemas. Now the legendary Bee Gees are also getting their movie – and none other than multiple Oscar nominee Ridley Scott (“Black Hawk Down”) would direct them. How Scott is reportedly in talks to direct the film, which has been planned for some time Biopic ‘Bee Gees’ to take over.
Paramount has had the rights to a film about the life and career of the Bee Gees since 2019; John Carney (“Sing Street”) was previously involved in the project as a potential director. With Ridley Scott you now have a much bigger name on the hook. Scott would team up with an old friend for the movie ‘Bee Gees’ – because where the script comes from John Logan, who also worked on the scripts for the Ridley Scott films ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Alien: Covenant’. “Bee Gee” Barry Gibb is on board as executive producer.
Connection between Ridley Scott and the Bee Gees
A film about brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb and their pop supergroup Bee Gees with their disco sound seems like a complete contrast after Ridley Scott has just made action-packed historical films like ‘Gladiator 2’ and ‘Napoleon’, etc. likes to chase ravenous aliens through science fiction films . But the director has a story that connects him to the band knows how to report.
The connection between the director and the music group is Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood, who met Ridley Scott at the beginning of his directing career. That was when Stigwood called brought the unknown filmmaker on board to direct ‘Castle Accident’, a medieval film starring Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb – which subsequently never came to fruition. Now, fifty years later, there could still be an on-screen connection between Ridley Scott and the Bee Gees.
“Gladiator 2”: The first material blew away studio bosses
It is said that Paramount submitted drafts of the Bee Gees script to Scott immediately after production of Gladiator 2, as the director is known for choosing his follow-up projects very quickly. In the meantime, we can focus on the “Gladiator 2” opens in theaters on November 21, 2024 with Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Pedro Pascal. The first material reportedly completely blew studio executives away.