Meryl Streep is to play Joni Mitchell in a forthcoming biopic of the singer-songwriter directed by Cameron Crowe, in accordance with document govt Clive Davis.
Davis confirmed the rumours surrounding the casting at his pre-Grammys get together on Saturday, experiences Rolling Stone. Final 12 months, Anya Taylor-Pleasure was linked to the undertaking within the function of the youthful Mitchell, as was Streep’s Mamma Mia! co-star Amanda Seyfried.
Crowe, whose best-known movie is the music drama Virtually Well-known, has been connected to the undertaking for some years, and in 2023 mentioned that he hoped for a launch date earlier than 2026. Talking three years in the past, Crowe defined that – not like current movies primarily based on temporary durations within the lifetime of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen – the movie shouldn’t be primarily based on a biographical e book concerning the star, however slightly Mitchell’s personal account of her life.
“It’s Joni’s life, not [seen] by anyone else’s prism,” he mentioned. “It’s by her prism. It’s the characters who impacted her life that you recognize and loads that you just don’t know. And the music is so cinematic.”
Streep has beforehand acquired two Oscar nominations for taking part in real-life musicians: the violinist Roberta Guaspari in 1999’s Music of the Coronary heart and the titular character in Florence Foster Jenkins, concerning the lifetime of the newbie singer, in 2016.
