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Monday, June 18, 2007

The Ramones Film Is Planned

A film of the career of The Ramones is set to be made, according to NME.com.

Producer Rory Rosegarten has snapped up the film rights to the forthcoming book "I Slept With Joey Ramone".

The book is planned to be an authorised biography written by Joey Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh and legendary music journalist Legs McNeil.

Rosegarten has also negotiated a deal with Joey Ramone's mother Charlotte Lesher executor of his estate, which would allow him to use the group's music in the film, film industry newspaper Variety reports.

The Ramones were previously the subject for the acclaimed 2003 documentary "End Of The Century".

2 komentar:

Bob Andelman said...

You might enjoy this exclusive audio interview with LEGS McNEIL, in which he talks about his books, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry ; and much, much more.

Bob Andelman said...

You might also enjoy this Mr. Media interview with Legs McNeil, co-author (with Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh) of I Slept with Joey Ramone and Please Kill Me.