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Fox Searchlight interested in Ramones biopic

Contributed by ____Win_Win_Situation____. Posted by adam on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

ABC News is reporting that 20th Century Fox division Fox Searchlght is in negotiations to adapt the upcoming memoir I Slept With Joey Ramone, written by Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and longtime Ramones historian Legs McNeil. The studio involvement would give a significantly higher profile to the project, which has been under works independently by manager-producer Rory Rosegarten. Rosegarten secured the rights to the book back in 2006. At the time he also negotiated the rights to Joey's life story from his mother and the executrix of Ramone's estate, Charlotte Lesher.

I Slept With Joey Ramone, the book, is scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside in December.

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JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

Ha. Now nobody except JawbreakerSucks remains.

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MilesQToast (October 1, 2009)

I'm here but content to worship at the hem of your haw.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

HEM! HAW!

Go forth, and capture my detractors.

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

He's on my side, you are doomed.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

I said "detractors", not schizophrenic mind-sharers.

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

It's called a mind-meld you savage.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

Whatever it is... apparently, you're the expert, not me.

What gives you schizophrenia, anyways? Listening to terrible, old school emo records?

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

Maybe, stop by we'll discuss it over Garden Variety and John Henry West records.

ExtraCheesePizza (October 1, 2009)

Saw forgetters. It wasn't awful.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

Who am I, baldsteve? The guy has made vague threats at me so often, I lose track of his floating deadlines to attack me.

What did you like about it? Blake's gut hanging over his studded belt? Did you enjoy it the same way people enjoy the old Star Trek TV show?

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

Maybe you are me, that's why I like you so much.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

If you were me, by now you would've made a login mistake, and made a baldsteve post a JawbreakerSucks post, or vice versa.

This isn't Fight Club, dude. I'm a separate person.

When is the next attempt on my life happening, anyway?

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

If you are where you say you are, November at the earliest, I'm all booked up this month.

I don't make login mistakes, but you would know that. Clever ruse.

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

Oh, OK. I guess I can breathe easy for a while. Then it's right back to worrying if an uncoordinated, awkward Jawbreaker fan can wriggle into my window and suffocate me!

Of course you don't make login mistakes. There are none to make. You have no other accounts, especially not this one. It's not cleverness, it's ratiocination.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 1, 2009)

The king of an empty castle?
-Dante

JawbreakerSucks (October 1, 2009)

I care not for your judgments and metaphysics. It is I.

JaredK (October 1, 2009)

If this goes to a major studio, who plays Joey Ramone? I'll throw out Adrien Brody...what other tall waifs could pull it off? Maybe that disgustingly skinny, weird looking kid from Road Trip?

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red_eye_inc (October 1, 2009)

Shane West

Wentz_Equals_Death (October 1, 2009)

courtney love

jacknife737 (October 1, 2009)

I'm somewhat surprised this hasn't happened already.

the_other_scott (October 1, 2009)

I thought Vinny Chase already signed up for this role.

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MaxwellMurder (October 1, 2009)

you beat me to it

TEF (October 1, 2009)

Ditto.

Preston (October 1, 2009)

I hope it's full of emotional monologues and a swelling score.

24HourPriapism (October 1, 2009)

as if we didn't have enough people walking around wearing ramones shirts.

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AmericanRiot (October 1, 2009)

they were possibly the coolest band ever. i don't mind people liking them, it's just a question of do they know songs besides "i wanna be sedated" and "blitzkrieg bop".

as for wearing ramones shirts i'm torn. i am still wondering what ever happened to mine and wishing i could find it, but at the same time wearing a ramones shirt is kind of pointless. it should be a given that everyone loves this band.

TheOneTrueBill (October 1, 2009)

I'll remain cautiously optimistic. I mean hey, it can't be any worse than Sid and Nancy right?

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AmericanRiot (October 1, 2009)

few films have left me that annoyed...

miniblindbandit (October 1, 2009)

fox searchlight has put out some pretty good films.

FS and lions gate are basically scooping up all the indie films since warner independent and picturehouse went the way of the dodo.

ninjagun (October 1, 2009)

I'll watch and read the hell out of this shit.

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ninjagun (October 1, 2009)

End of the Century is one of the best rock docs of all time.

YeahObi (October 1, 2009)

Bradford Cox from Deerhunter/Atlas Sound should play Joey Ramone.

http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/bra dford-cox.jpg

They both have Marfran syndrome.

karmabad (October 1, 2009)

Will it star Vincent Chase?

MattRamone (October 1, 2009)

I have been cast as myself.

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baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

I thought you died in a hail of poon and vinyl records.

ExtraCheesePizza (October 1, 2009)

Wouldn't it be a flood from poon?

baldsteve (October 1, 2009)

It's old poon.

fox82 (October 1, 2009)

VIN DIESEL should star in this. He would play all the Ramones by wearing different wigs. It'd be awesome.

Cottage_Cheese (October 1, 2009)

EDDIE MURPHY should star in this. He would play all the Ramones by wearing different wigs. It'd be awesome.

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