How come nobody's made a movie about Sam Cooke? Even a made for TV movie?

[raccoon]

Seems to me it would make a good story.

[Atman]

1. I'm busy.

I'll put it on my To Do list, though.

[raccoon]

2. Maybe I could email George Clooney and ask him to. nt

[emulatorloo]

3. Did you ever read Peter Guralnick's biography of Sam Cooke? It is great.

You probably have read it. You are right, his story would make a wonderful movie.

[raccoon]

4. Nope, I haven't, but apparently a movie based on that book was being discussed.

This article is dated a year ago. I don't know what the holdup is, but I hope they'll go ahead and make the movie.

I'll get hold of that book.



Sam Cooke's label developing a movie on soul star

LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:03pm EDT

(Reuters) - "Good Times," indeed.

On the heels of successful movies about Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, plans are underway to bring the life of soul star Sam Cooke to the big screen, the head of his record label said on Wednesday.

The project is still in the early stages of development, with writers working on an adaptation of Peter Guralnick's 2005 biography "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke," said Jody Klein, the president of ABKCO Music & Records Inc.

"In the next couple of months, I should be able to make an announcement on the film," he told Reuters.

ABKCO owns all the necessary master recordings and rights to make the movie, but he said casting could pose a challenge. The usual A-list stars like Denzel Washington and Will Smith are too old to play the handsome crooner, who was 33 when he was shot to death in a Los Angeles motel in 1964...



http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE58G0FB20090917

[murielm99]

5. What?

We don't have any young black actors who can do this? That is silly. Maybe there is not an A-list person yet, but he would be A-list after doing this, if it is done right. This could be a great movie.

[emulatorloo]

6. Oh you need to get it, it is terrific! The author does a great job.