The life and times of Tinseltown’s coolest cat, Steve McQueen are being developed as a feature in a collaborative production between Lake Forest Entertainment and The Exchange. The two outfits recently secured financing for the biopic, which has gained notoriety on the Hollywood circuit in recent times. Thought to be one of the hottest un-produced concepts, McQueen has caught the attention of many big name directors and A-listers in the past.
According to Deadline, there’s one reason for such a vast array of attracted parties. While the project will mainly be based on Marshall Terrill’s heavily-researched biography, Steve McQueen: The Life And Legend Of A Hollywood Icon, there’s another mysterious element that has everyone’s interests piqued.
Apparently, the project will combine parts of Terrill’s book along with “a unique story that is being kept under wraps about McQueen’s life that he wrote...
According to Deadline, there’s one reason for such a vast array of attracted parties. While the project will mainly be based on Marshall Terrill’s heavily-researched biography, Steve McQueen: The Life And Legend Of A Hollywood Icon, there’s another mysterious element that has everyone’s interests piqued.
Apparently, the project will combine parts of Terrill’s book along with “a unique story that is being kept under wraps about McQueen’s life that he wrote...
- 3/13/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Jeremy Renner is quickly becoming the next James Franco. With the latter actor getting attached to a million projects, the former has the actual work to prove it. The Oscar-nominated star from The Hurt Locker and The Town is currently shooting Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol already completed. He then has The Avengers and is all but committed to star in The Bourne Legacy. And we can’t forget his attachment to Sheldon Turner‘s By Virtue Fall and his voice talent in the next Ice Age film. THR reports that has now launched a production company with partner Don Handfield and is already developing a starring vehicle.
His newly formed company The Combine will produce a Steve McQueen biopic for their first film. It is reported the company will provide support “across all platforms” with an “artist-based perspective.” James Gray (We Own The Night, Two Lovers...
His newly formed company The Combine will produce a Steve McQueen biopic for their first film. It is reported the company will provide support “across all platforms” with an “artist-based perspective.” James Gray (We Own The Night, Two Lovers...
- 4/28/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kind of a slow news day, so why not talk about some wild and unsubstantiated rumours? There's a good one that's being floated by Examiner [1] this week that says Brad Pitt may be in talks to star in the previously announced [2] Steve McQueen biopic. This clashes with the wishes of Barbara McQueen Brunsvold, McQueen's third wife, who originally wanted Daniel Craig for the role [3]. I don't think she's actually involved in the movie though, as it is being based on Marshall Terrill's biography Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, and either way, are you really going to complain if you get Brad Pitt instead? Pitt does bear a certain resemblance to McQueen, and he probably has enough swagger to portray "the king of cool" on screen. It's also interesting to note that Pitt was previously linked to a Bullitt remake [4] which has never come to pass. He apparently...
- 5/25/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Jesse Wigutow has been hired to pen the screenplay for a biographical treatment of screen legend Steve McQueen for producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the writing deal is for seven figures.
Wigutow will adapt Marshall Terrill's biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel", the film rights for which were nabbed by Cerenzie-Peters Prods. in January. The company will produce with Arthaus Pictures' Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock, who brought in the project.
Wigutow's script will trace McQueen's development from reform-school delinquent to the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and cover the star's obsession with motorcycles and racing, his drug abuse, his marriages and affairs and his hard-fought battle with cancer, which felled him in 1980 at age 50. According to the trade, Cerenzie acquired the cooperation of McQueen's widow, Barbara Minty, as well.
"McQueen wasn't only the leading man of his era,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the writing deal is for seven figures.
Wigutow will adapt Marshall Terrill's biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel", the film rights for which were nabbed by Cerenzie-Peters Prods. in January. The company will produce with Arthaus Pictures' Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock, who brought in the project.
Wigutow's script will trace McQueen's development from reform-school delinquent to the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and cover the star's obsession with motorcycles and racing, his drug abuse, his marriages and affairs and his hard-fought battle with cancer, which felled him in 1980 at age 50. According to the trade, Cerenzie acquired the cooperation of McQueen's widow, Barbara Minty, as well.
"McQueen wasn't only the leading man of his era,...
- 3/24/2009
- CinemaSpy
Jesse Wigutow is taking on the King of Cool.
Wigutow has been hired to pen the screenplay for a biographical treatment of screen legend Steve McQueen for producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters. The writing deal is for seven figures.
Wigutow will work from Marshall Terrill's biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel," to which Cerenzie ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") and Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") nabbed film rights in January. Cerenzie-Peters Prods., which has a first-look deal with Paramount, will produce with Arthaus Pictures' Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock, who brought in the project.
Cp Prods. president Graham Kaye is executive producing alongside Brett Granstaff, Keith Watkins and Kenny Johnson.
Wigutow's script will trace McQueen's development from reform-school delinquent to the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and cover the star's obsession with motorcycles and racing, his drug abuse, his marriages...
Wigutow has been hired to pen the screenplay for a biographical treatment of screen legend Steve McQueen for producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters. The writing deal is for seven figures.
Wigutow will work from Marshall Terrill's biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel," to which Cerenzie ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") and Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") nabbed film rights in January. Cerenzie-Peters Prods., which has a first-look deal with Paramount, will produce with Arthaus Pictures' Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock, who brought in the project.
Cp Prods. president Graham Kaye is executive producing alongside Brett Granstaff, Keith Watkins and Kenny Johnson.
Wigutow's script will trace McQueen's development from reform-school delinquent to the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and cover the star's obsession with motorcycles and racing, his drug abuse, his marriages...
- 3/22/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two films about the iconic Steve McQueen are racing to the big screen!
Here's the comparison breakdown:
First Film
Working Title: "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel"
Producers: Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters
Based On: Marshall Terrill's biography of the same title
Project Will Focus On: McQueen's career as well as his three marriages, including his stormy relationship with Ali McGraw, as well as his battle against lung cancer.
McQueen Connection: Barbara Minty, McQueen's widow, is collaborating with the producers
Second Film
Working Title: "McQueen"
Producer: David Foster
Based On: Memoir by McQueen's first wife, Neile McQueen Toffel called "My Husband, My Friend"
Project Will Focus On: Relationship between Toffel and McQueen
McQueen Connection: Toffel, plus Foster used to be McQueen's publicist and he was also the producer of the actor's flick, "The Getaway"
Alright, both films have the blessings of McQueen's ex-wives, but the first film sound more intriguing -- drugs,...
Here's the comparison breakdown:
First Film
Working Title: "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel"
Producers: Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters
Based On: Marshall Terrill's biography of the same title
Project Will Focus On: McQueen's career as well as his three marriages, including his stormy relationship with Ali McGraw, as well as his battle against lung cancer.
McQueen Connection: Barbara Minty, McQueen's widow, is collaborating with the producers
Second Film
Working Title: "McQueen"
Producer: David Foster
Based On: Memoir by McQueen's first wife, Neile McQueen Toffel called "My Husband, My Friend"
Project Will Focus On: Relationship between Toffel and McQueen
McQueen Connection: Toffel, plus Foster used to be McQueen's publicist and he was also the producer of the actor's flick, "The Getaway"
Alright, both films have the blessings of McQueen's ex-wives, but the first film sound more intriguing -- drugs,...
- 1/28/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters have begun developing a Steve McQueen biopic, reports Variety. Cerenzie and Peters have acquired the rights to Marshall Terrill's biography of the actor Steve McQueen: Portrait Of An American Rebel. The film will focus on McQueen's movie career rather than his pre-fame life. McQueen's widow Barbara Minty is also involved with the project. (more)...
- 1/14/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Bio-pics are tricky business, particularly when they're about movie stars and especially when the family is involved in the project. So while I would initially be concerned about a film biography of Steve McQueen, the source material makes me feel a little better about it.
Two producers, Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters, have picked up the rights to the biography, Steve McQeueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, according to Variety. This is not some Steve McQueen & Me book that his widow wrote, although Barbara Minty has given her blessing to the project. Instead, this is a fairly frank and in-depth look at McQueen's life by Marshall Terrill.
We'll see most of McQueen's Hollywood career, which spanned about 25 years, all told, but he crammed about 40 years of hard living into them, with multiple dalliances and marriages with beautiful women, a well-known jones for speed racing (which actually pre-dates the acting), as...
Two producers, Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters, have picked up the rights to the biography, Steve McQeueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, according to Variety. This is not some Steve McQueen & Me book that his widow wrote, although Barbara Minty has given her blessing to the project. Instead, this is a fairly frank and in-depth look at McQueen's life by Marshall Terrill.
We'll see most of McQueen's Hollywood career, which spanned about 25 years, all told, but he crammed about 40 years of hard living into them, with multiple dalliances and marriages with beautiful women, a well-known jones for speed racing (which actually pre-dates the acting), as...
- 1/14/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
The late Steve McQueen's legendary Hollywood life will be the focus of a new biopic by producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters.
As per Variety, the duo has acquired the film rights to the biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel" by Marshall Terrill, which was published in October. They will be producing alongside Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock.
The film will chronicle the actor's career from his big break in 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me" to his rise in the industry.
Cerenzie and Peters have secured the cooperation of the surviving wife of "The King of Cool," Barbara Minty.
As per Variety, the duo has acquired the film rights to the biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel" by Marshall Terrill, which was published in October. They will be producing alongside Brian Oliver and Chuck Rock.
The film will chronicle the actor's career from his big break in 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me" to his rise in the industry.
Cerenzie and Peters have secured the cooperation of the surviving wife of "The King of Cool," Barbara Minty.
- 1/14/2009
- icelebz.com
A biopic is in the works for Steve “The King of Cool” McQueen, star of The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Cincinnati Kid, The Getaway and The Towering Inferno. The Oscar nominee passed away in 1980 at the age of 50. Producers Michael Cerenzie (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) and Christine Peters (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) have acquired the rights to Marshall Terrill's biography Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel. According to the trades, the film will primarily chronicle McQueen's Hollywood career, which began in 1956 when the Indiana native got his break in the film Somebody Up There Likes Me. The biography, which was published in paperback in October, also delves into McQueen's off-screen desire for motorcycles, fast cars and drugs. The project will also examine his three marriages, including his stormy relationship with Ali McGraw, as well as his battle against lung cancer.
- 1/14/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
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