Culture Club frontman Boy George is to be the subject of a feature film, which appears to be back in development. More here.
George Alan O’Dowd, better known as Boy George, shot to fame in the 1980s as the flamboyant lead singer of Culture Club (website pictured), co-writing six albums which spawned hits like Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me. He went on to have a successful solo career, and has sold over 100 million records. He recently headlined the Broadway production Moulin Rouge! The Musical
According to Deadline, a biopic is in development. Or more to the point, back in development. It was all the way back in 2019 that this particular project first surfaced.
The screenplay will be written by JC Lee, adapted from George’s autobiographies Take It Like A Man, Straight and Karma. It will be produced by Oscar winning producer Cathy Schulman, George’s manager Paul Kemsley, Jeremy M Rosen and Kevin King Templeton along with Primary Wave Music, who own the rights to George and Culture Club’s music.
George will executive produce.
It’s not the only biopic about a music superstar currently in development – far from it. A Bruce Springsteen biopic called Deliver Me From Nowhere is also in the works, which will focus on the creation of the classic Nebraska album. The Bear star Jeremy Allen White will play Springsteen. while Scott Cooper (The Iron Claw) will write and direct.
Before that, we have Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which sees Timothee Chalamet play Dylan in a film that will chart his rise through the folk scene to become a musical icon. The cast also includes Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman, PJ Byrne as Harold Leventhal, Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax, Will Harrison as Bob Neuwirth and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie. James Mangold directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Cocks. It will be released in UK cinemas in December.
We’ll keep you updated on the Boy George biopic as we hear more.
