What is the first thing you think of when you hear the words "Bee Gees"? Chances are good you'll immediately hear "Stayin' Alive" or maybe "How Deep Is Your Love" in your head. After bursting onto the music scene in the 1960s and rising to the top of the charts in the ensuing decades with 20 #1 hits and more than 1,000 songs penned, the Bee Gees remain one of the most influential music groups in modern music history. Now, filmmaker Frank Marshall (Seabiscuit) is ready to take us on a deep dive into the respective lives and …
Are Paramount Pictures and producer Graham King hinting at their awards season ambitions for the forthcoming Bee Gees biopic now that Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten is reportedly in talks to pen the script. Momentum on the Bee Gees project has picked up recently, no doubt thanks to the success of Bohemian Rhapsody in theaters and at the 2019 Oscars. With Rocketman circling this awards season conversation, it's should come as no surprise yet another biopic about a popular musical group from the UK has gotten a renewed push towards production. [caption id="attachment_844650" align="alignright" width="360"] Image …
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It worked for Queen. It worked for Elton John. Why not tackle the Bee Gees next? As reported by Deadline, Paramount Pictures and producer Graham King are producing a biopic about the Bee Gees, the iconic disco-pop trio formed by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The group had massive hits in the 1970s like "Staying Alive" and "More Than a Woman," and underscored one of the most acclaimed films of that era: Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. No jive talkin' here: the Bee Gees' journey just might make quite the picture. King recently struck box office and …