Paul Dano And John Cusack Are Brian Wilson In The Trailer For Love And Mercy

Biopic of The Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson.

By Brendon Connelly /

There are few people as important to the art form of recorded music as Brian Wilson, songwriter, performer and producer with The Beach Boys. He changed the sound of music, and created some of the most beautiful artworks of a medium he was constantly expanding. To date, every Brian Wilson or Beach Boys biopic has been somewhat lacklustre. I can't help but stare slack-jawed at Summer Dreams if I ever see it on TV, but it's not a credible film. Hopefully, this will all change over the summer when Love & Mercy is released. Here's the trailer, with Paul Dano playing a Pet Sounds-era Brian, and John Cusack having to pick up the pieces later. Paul Giamatti is playing Eugene Landy, the villain of the piece.Well, absolute worst case scenario, there's going to be some good acting and some excellent music. But it looks like there's more this than just a couple of celebrity impersonations. The film premiered at Toronto last year and enough people gave it obviously positive reviews to get the Rotten Tomatoes score to hit 73%. The US release for the film is set for June 5th, when the weather will be perfect. Here in the UK... well, they're not going to be able to target it for a summer release because I think summers have been banned by the government. Hopefully it won't be too long until we see it, however, even if we have to dodge raindrops on the way to the cinema.