Following news that an "authorized" biopic about soul singer Sam Cooke and the strange circumstances surrounding his 1964 death was on the way, members of the Cooke family – including his younger brother L.C. Cooke – have since denied involvement in the project. The Cooke family, in association with Abkco Films, were already at work on their own official Sam Cooke biopic, Abkco said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
"Recent media reports about a proposed biographical film on the life of Sam Cooke and L.C. Cooke's purported involvement with the project are false.
"Recent media reports about a proposed biographical film on the life of Sam Cooke and L.C. Cooke's purported involvement with the project are false.
- 3/19/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Bridge of Spies
For the first time since 1985's "The Color Purple," a new Steven Spielberg-directed film will Not boast a John Williams score. Due to a "minor health issue" that has now been corrected, Williams will not be scoring Spielberg's newest film "Bridge Of Spies".
Thomas Newman is instead coming in to score the 1960s Cold War-set tale in which Tom Hanks plays a lawyer who must negotiate for the release of a U2 spy plane pilot who was shot down over Russia. [Source: Empire
Equity
Broad Street Pictures has set Meera Menon to direct the Wall Street drama "Equity" with shooting to kick off in New York and Philadelphia in July. The story follows an investment banker who is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Sam Cooke Biopic
Music and film producer Romeo Antonio has made a deal with singer Sam Cooke...
For the first time since 1985's "The Color Purple," a new Steven Spielberg-directed film will Not boast a John Williams score. Due to a "minor health issue" that has now been corrected, Williams will not be scoring Spielberg's newest film "Bridge Of Spies".
Thomas Newman is instead coming in to score the 1960s Cold War-set tale in which Tom Hanks plays a lawyer who must negotiate for the release of a U2 spy plane pilot who was shot down over Russia. [Source: Empire
Equity
Broad Street Pictures has set Meera Menon to direct the Wall Street drama "Equity" with shooting to kick off in New York and Philadelphia in July. The story follows an investment banker who is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption. [Source: Variety]
Untitled Sam Cooke Biopic
Music and film producer Romeo Antonio has made a deal with singer Sam Cooke...
- 3/18/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The family of Sam Cooke has signed off on a deal that will bring an authorized biopic about the "A Change Is Gonna Come" singer to the big screen. However, don't expect a conventional music biography like the Johnny Cash film I Walk the Line and the James Brown homage Get On Up. Instead, the Cooke family and producer Romeo Antonio say their film is being scripted as a "murder-mystery" that takes a deeper look into the strange circumstances surrounding Cooke's 1964 death.
"For years, people have been coming at us...
"For years, people have been coming at us...
- 3/18/2015
- Rollingstone.com
A film about the life and death of Sam Cooke is in the works.
Producer Romeo Antonio has agreed a deal with the iconic soul singer's family to develop the project, with a script from Mary Krell-Oishi, The Hollywood Reporter states.
Family members Lc Cooke and Eugene Jamison will consult on the film, allowing access to family documents and people who were important in Cooke's life, including assistant Zelda Samuels.
Antonio has also enlisted the help of author Bg Rhule, who wrote One More River to Cross: The Redemption of Sam Cooke.
Sam Cooke scored iconic hits between 1957 and 1964, including 'Cupid', 'A Change Is Gonna Come' and 'You Send Me'.
He died at the age of 33 under suspicious circumstances, after being found dead in a Los Angeles hotel. Police reported that he kidnapped a woman and attacked the hotel manager, who then reportedly shot and beat him.
However, Cooke's family have contested the story,...
Producer Romeo Antonio has agreed a deal with the iconic soul singer's family to develop the project, with a script from Mary Krell-Oishi, The Hollywood Reporter states.
Family members Lc Cooke and Eugene Jamison will consult on the film, allowing access to family documents and people who were important in Cooke's life, including assistant Zelda Samuels.
Antonio has also enlisted the help of author Bg Rhule, who wrote One More River to Cross: The Redemption of Sam Cooke.
Sam Cooke scored iconic hits between 1957 and 1964, including 'Cupid', 'A Change Is Gonna Come' and 'You Send Me'.
He died at the age of 33 under suspicious circumstances, after being found dead in a Los Angeles hotel. Police reported that he kidnapped a woman and attacked the hotel manager, who then reportedly shot and beat him.
However, Cooke's family have contested the story,...
- 3/18/2015
- Digital Spy
With the likes of Johnny Cash and Ray Charles already covered, and James Brown and Miles Davis (and Nwa) on the way, the latest legendary American musician to get the biopic treatment is Sam Cooke. Musician and lately producer Romeo Antonio has secured the support of the Cooke family to develop the project, with Mary Krell-Oishi writing the screenplay.Cook's was the smooth voice that scored hits with songs like 'Wonderful World' (see above) and 'Twistin' The Night' Away. He had 30 hit singles between 1957 and 1964, worked with many of the greats, and unusually took control of his own business affairs, determined not to be cheated out of his considerable earnings by unscrupulous managers and accountants.He died tragically young at the age of 33, in dubious circumstances. He was shot by Bertha Franklin, the manager of a motel Cooke had checked into with a woman called Elisa Boyer. Boyer claimed she had been kidnapped and escaped,...
- 3/18/2015
- EmpireOnline
The story of Sam Cooke, the soulful singer-songwriter behind such hits as "Wonderful World" and "Twistin' the Night Away," is getting the big-screen treatment that hopes to shine new light on the man's death. Music and film producer Romeo Antonio has made a deal with Cooke's family to develop the movie project, with a script being written by Mary Krell-Oishi. Cooke's family members L.C. Cooke and Eugene Jamison will function as consultants on the project, which the producer and the family are seeing as an authorized biopic. That benefit comes with access to family documents
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- 3/17/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jessica Simpson and John Mayer were spotted at the posh Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Monday night, just weeks after their brief relationship reportedly ended. Mayer was staying at the hotel and chatting up various women in the bar, when Simpson arrived and met up with old friend and producer Romeo Antonio, who has written several songs for her. According to entertainment news website Tmz.com, when Antonio excused himself to go to the men's room, Mayer followed him and asked whether there was anything romantic going on between him and Simpson. Antonio said there was not. Mayer then went back to the bar and spoke with Simpson for 10 minutes before the pair exited together and took the elevator upstairs to Mayer's room. The couple were romantically linked last month after Simpson appeared on the cover of American publication People with the headline, "I'm In Love," referring to her reported relationship with Mayer.
- 10/4/2006
- WENN
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