10 Music Film Biopics Not Yet Made
#4 - John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
As you will soon see, perhaps blasphemously, Ill take the Stones over The Beatles any day, but even a heretic like me would love to see John Lennons story on the big screen.
In a similar vein to Kurt Cobain (the reason the Nirvana front man didnt make this list is because at the moment, any Cobain biopic would have an unhealthy dose of Courtney Love and no one wants to see her grubby fingerprints all over it) Lennons story would no doubt be heavily Yoko influenced but love her or hate her she was a big part of Lennons most fascinating times.
Although Lennon was very outspoken and may have come across egocentric, he had a wicked sense of humour and is responsible for one of my favourite one-liners ever: when asked in an interview "Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?" Lennon quipped "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles!"
It only seems a matter of time before John Lennon is given the biopic treatment, especially given that biopic pimps The Weinstein Company snatched up the rights to Nowhere Boy a while back. Nowhere Boy focuses on Lennons childhood and formative years and has been slated for release as early as next year.
Personally, Id rather see a biopic chronicling latter day Lennon and given the current Hollywood penchant for retelling stories I may get my preference, again, sooner rather than later.