Steve McQueen is Getting a Biopic
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Forget the cinematic adventures of Steve McQueen as a husband and friend. While a former McQueen wife might have sold the rights to her book back in 2007, nothing seems to have come of it. A year and a half later, it's time for a different approach, one that focuses on the McQueen we all know and love -- Hollywood star and rebel.Variety reports that producers Christine Peters and Michael Cerenzie have nabbed the rights to Marshall Terrill's biography Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel. (See? Doesn't that sound better already?) The book will be whipped up into a feature that covers the actor's Hollywood career, which started in 1956, his "penchant for motorcycles, fast cards, and drugs, his relationship with Ali McGraw, and go right through his battle with lung cancer." Right now, there's no writer or director attached, but Peters and Cerenzie say that they're about to get the latter set.
Once that's done and the script is ready, it'll be casting time once again. Will Daniel Craig young himself up and grab the role? You might remember that before the ex was selling her memories, McQueen's widow was musing over 007 playing Steve -- and she's agreed to cooperate with this film, so I'd bet they'll at least consider him. But if not Craig ... Who?
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1-14-2009 @ 1:41PM
ICON! said...
I am the huge fan of Steve McQueen, and if this feature is done right, it could be amazing. Steve was the man and one of the first cinematic badboys/rebels. Woman wanted to be with him, and the guys wanted to be him. I can personally think of no one better than D. Craig to play Steve. That casting would be so spot on, that its scary...hope that happens, that would be amazing!!
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1-14-2009 @ 1:54PM
mcafee_matthew said...
Yea - Daniel Craig or Damien Lewis
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1-14-2009 @ 9:52PM
plansmaker said...
STEVE McQUEEN IS ONE ONE KIND...ITS TOO BAD YOUNGER MOVIE GOERS WILL NOT KNOW HIM OR THE LIKES OF PAUL NEWMAN...I HAVE READ LITTLE ABOUT HIS TROUBLED YOUTH, MILITARY SERVICE AND LATER HOLYWOOD STARDOM...HE IS THE REAL DEAL. HIS FAST MOTORCYCLES, PROFESSIOINAL RACING INTERESTS, FRIENDSHIP WITH MARTIAL ART LEGENDS LIKE BRUCE LEE AND CHUCK NORRIS, JAMES COLBURN AND JAMES GARDNER...MARRIED MOST BEATIFUL GIRL OF HIS ERA, ALI "LOVE STORY" McGRAW...STEVE McQUEEN HAS IT ALL...EVERY MAN'S DREAM!!!
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1-16-2009 @ 6:08AM
KEVIN SHELTON said...
Emile Hirsch should play Steve McQueen because they are similar in stature.
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1-16-2009 @ 7:26AM
ngrrplz said...
I think my best friend Aaron Medders should get the role of McQueen. I know that he is virtually unkown, but he CAN act, not to mention he looks exactly like Steve McQueen. We joke sometimes that McQueen was his long lost father (Since Aaron has never met his dad).
Here is link to one of his images. CASTING DIRECTORS TAKE NOTE!
[URL=http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lbd945641faf044dcba6b2dzd2.jpg][IMG]http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2777/lbd945641faf044dcba6b2dzd2.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
(hes on the right)
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1-16-2009 @ 7:29AM
ngrrplz said...
I just realized that link to my image didn't work, so I will just supply the url:
http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lbd945641faf044dcba6b2dzd2.jpg
Really, I would love to get in contact with the casting dept for this film. I think my friend could really pull it off.
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