As Lake Forest Entertainment and The Exchange have agreed to finance the upcoming biopic, A-listers like Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, and Jeremy Renner have been eyeing a role in the movie.
- March 14, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Lake Forest Entertainment and The Exchange have just agreed to finance the long-time planned biopic of late actor Steve McQueen. And as the biopic, simply titled "McQueen", has already got a greenlight, several A-list actors including Channing Tatum, Ryan Gosling, and Jeremy Renner are circling the project.
In the meantime, James Gray is in the run as director for the pic. The Exchange's Brian O'Shea and Jeff Bowler will produce with Graham Kaye's Lake Forest. Screenwriter should be hired anytime soon.
"McQueen" will be based on the late actor's life, which story he wrote on his own before his death at the age of 50 in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico from a heart attack following cancer surgery. It, moreover, will be partly based on the 2010 biography "Steve McQueen: The Life And Legend of a Hollywood Icon", written by Marshall Terrill.
Speaking of the upcoming biopic, Kaye revealed to Deadline, "[There is a diary] that was kept by his nurse in Mexico who gave it to the author of the book that was done on him by Marshall Terrill." He then added, "Something happened in McQueen's life that has been kept secret for a long time. We think we have a very interesting way into this story."
