David Bowie’s son, the filmmaker Duncan Jones, has said the forthcoming Bowie biopic Stardust doesn’t have the household’s blessing. He additionally disputes a report that the movie will characteristic Bowie performances. “If you want to see a biopic without his music or the family’s blessing, that’s up to the audience,” he tweeted. Later on, Jones tweeted at creator Neil Gaiman and director Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), saying that in the event that they have been to pitch a movie utilizing Bowie’s characters, he “would urge everyone on my end to pay attention and give the pitch serious consideration.”
After ruling himself out of constructing a Bowie movie, Jones mentioned he would “stay completely out of the way, cheerleading with all my heart” if artists like Gaiman and Ramsey have been to make one. After Ramsey mentioned he was “not worthy,” Jones tweeted, “Everything is yours for the asking. You have selections upon selections… but when you’ll, think about it. I believe you can make one thing… as particular as what you simply completed with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Ramsey responded with a fainting lady GIF.
Gaiman wrote again to Jones, “You are the best. Thank you.” Later, he light-heartedly agreed with a fan who lamented {that a} Bowie undertaking could be too tempting for the creator to withstand, when he might be writing one other ebook.
In Stardust, set within the early 1970s, Johnny Flynn will play Bowie, accompanied by Marc Maron—portraying Bowie’s publicist—and Jena Malone (The Hunger Games) as Bowie’s first spouse and Duncan Jones’ mom, Angie. Screenwriter Christopher Bell (The Last Czars) and director Gabriel Range (I Am Slave) are additionally on board.
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