Martin Scorsese has signed on to film and produce a new untitled Grateful Dead biopic. It will star Jonah Hill as the band’s frontman, Jerry Garcia. Jonah will also produce the picture with his producing partner Matt Dines under his Strong Baby label.
The Apple project will be written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who gained critical acclaim for their work on ‘American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson.’ LBI Entertainment’s Rick Yorn will join Jonah Hill and Martin Scorsese as producers. The Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce. Alongside Trixie Garcia, Eric Eisner, and Bernie Cahill, as well as their late bandmate’s daughter Trixie Garcia.
The band’s origins may be traced back to their founding in the Bay Area
The premise of the film has not been released. Although the band’s origins may be traced back to their founding in the Bay Area. ring the advent of the psychedelic counterculture in the 1960s. They continued to create albums and tours, with Deadhead fans following them all over the country for jam sessions over the years. Martin Scorsese and his production company, Sikelia Productions, also struck a first-look contract with Apple last year for film and television.
While it is yet to be announced which aspects of Garcia and his band will be included in the film. There is enough material to draw from. The Dead started in San Francisco in 1965. At a time when several counter-culture movements were gaining traction. As well as psychedelics were gaining traction in the music scene and beyond. Sign us up for two hours of Jonah Hill tripping on acid. The film will be the second collaboration between Hill and Scorsese. The first was The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013.
“That’s some combination of genius and experience,” Hill says. “It’s so awe-inspiring that you don’t even aspire to it.” The movie’s writer/director Adam McKay tells the Los Angeles Times, the story is rooted in the current political and cultural climate. “We were scouting [locations to film] in Boston, and I’m an NBA fan, so I was watching the Jazz game [on March 11, 2020] and the referees said the game was canceled for COVID,” he explained. “We went home, and then it was like six months of just [being] at home like everyone. … The whole time, I’m like, ‘Do you still make this movie? Like, did the movie just happen in reality?’”
