Brian Wilson Biopic?

[Lowbacca]

Remember guys, the film's apparently going to focus on a mid-60's time frame, meaning all the BBs characters are going to be in their twenties. Mike as well.  

[I. Spaceman]

Remember guys, the film's apparently going to focus on a mid-60's time frame, meaning all the BBs characters are going to be in their twenties. Mike as well.  

But he looked like he was in his mid-thirties when he was in his mid-twenties.

[Lowbacca]

Remember guys, the film's apparently going to focus on a mid-60's time frame, meaning all the BBs characters are going to be in their twenties. Mike as well.  

But he looked like he was in his mid-thirties when he was in his mid-twenties.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/01/18/paul-dano-excited-to-learn-piano-to-play-brian-wilson-circa-pet-sounds

Paul Dano is the soft spoken but oft-buzzed about young actor who’s already been great in films like “Little Miss Sunshine” and “There Will Be Blood.” Now he’s just been signed to play Beach Boy Brian Wilson in “Love and Mercy,” about the life and times of the troubled genius behind America’s answer to the Beatles. “Love and Mercy” is set to be directed by first timer Bill Pohlad, the money man who’s been funding Terrence Malick’s latest chapter of films, and whose family comes from Minnesota Twins fame. (I wish he’d reconsider; producers rarely make good directors even when their hearts are in the right place.)

Dano was very excited about his new role when I ran into him last night at the opening of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway. “I have to learn to play the piano,” he told me. “And I have to work on my singing.” Dano said he plays guitar, so he’s on top of that. And he doesn’t seem daunted by the keyboards. “I can play chords already, and I know enough to get by.” But he’s really going to work on it.

(UPDATED And CLARIFIED) “Love and Mercy” is the name of a late Brian Wilson song from his 1988 solo debut album. At the time, Wilson was still under the sway of his Svengali, Dr. Eugene Landy, now deceased. Dano will play young Wilson around the time of the recording of “Pet Sounds” in the mid 1960s.  Wilson will also be depicted around  the time in the late 1990s when he was finally freed from Landy’s clutches. Depending on how it’s written and who plays the older Wilson and the character of Landy, the movie could be very interesting. I met Dr. Landy at Wilson’s “autobiography” launch in 1996, and he was one scary guy. The fact that he had Wilson under his thumb was made abundantly clear.

Chuck Klosterman wrote in the New York Times in 1996: “If Landy wasn’t around, Wilson was shadowed by two musclebound assistants. (When Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac tried to work with Wilson in the late ’80s, he called these henchmen “surf Nazis.”) Over time, Wilson took to referring to Landy as “my master” and turned over to him the reins of his semiresurrected career. Landy (who managed the jazz guitarist George Benson during the 1960s) began writing Wilson’s lyrics and taking 50 percent of his earnings, plus a monthly $35,000 fee. He became the beneficiary of the musician’s will. He produced Wilson’s 1988 solo record and engineered Wilson’s ghost-written autobiography, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice — My Own Story,” much of which lionized the brilliance of Dr. Eugene Landy. (Later, Wilson would admit that he didn’t even read the book he supposedly helped write.)”

Producers of “Love and Mercy” are looking for someone to play Wilson– who thank god is still very much alive and active–in those years.

wtf?! Those years are all wrong regarding Landy and the autobiography

[rab2591]

Daniel Day Lewis as Murry so "there will be blood" part two can happen.

I support this 100%

[Jay]

I tend to think that the best approach would be to have multiple people play Brian from the different points in his career. Personally, I think the guy who played Brian in Summer Dreams was great. Especially from the Pet Sounds era. I think Willam Defoe or Crispen Glover would be good for a bone thin 1988 Brian.

[sea of tunes]

Someone should mail Paul D. a stash of Hostess and Little Debbie products so he can add a little weight.

[Jay]

i smell AWFUL

Why was this allowed to go through, but when runnersdialzero does it, he's turned into the antichrist?

[EthanJames]

Im actually wuite interested in this project, who knows? Maybe it'll turn out just fine possibly, probably not but has anyone else been cast for this film?

[The Heartical Don]

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

[halblaineisgood]

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[Shady]

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

Hey, at least we know he loves the music

[Jim V.]

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

Hey, at least we know he loves the music

There's a lot of famous people that love The Beach Boys I'm sure. That doesn't mean he has to be on stage with them.

[Cabinessenceking]

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

Hey, at least we know he loves the music

There's a lot of famous people that love The Beach Boys I'm sure. That doesn't mean he has to be on stage with them.

he's the only famous person who can tolerate being closely involved with myke luhv

[Shady]

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

Hey, at least we know he loves the music

There's a lot of famous people that love The Beach Boys I'm sure. That doesn't mean he has to be on stage with them.

he's the only famous person who can tolerate being closely involved with myke luhv

Fair point!

[rab2591]

It'd be brilliant if they put this scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PISkFEzC5XE&t=116) somewhere in the movie. Truly shows what spiritual power Brian's solo music has.

[SMiLE Brian]

I want a scene where Brian and Dennis make "oh lord" as a summary of Brian's "lost" years.

[The Real Barnyard]

Interesting Love & Mercy credits: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Produced by
Jim Lefkowitz   ....    executive producer
Oren Moverman   ....    executive producer
Bill Pohlad   ....    producer
Claire Rudnick Polstein   ....    producer
Ann Ruark   ....    executive producer
John Wells   ....    producer
Brian Wilson   ....    producer

Original Music by
Atticus Ross

Music Department
Mark Linett   ....    music consultant
Peter Rotter   ....    on-set music consultant
Darian Sahanaja   ....    music consultant

[Lowbacca]

Interesting Love & Mercy credits: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Produced by
Jim Lefkowitz   ....    executive producer
Oren Moverman   ....    executive producer
Bill Pohlad   ....    producer
Claire Rudnick Polstein   ....    producer
Ann Ruark   ....    executive producer
John Wells   ....    producer
Brian Wilson   ....    producer

Original Music by
Atticus Ross

Music Department
Mark Linett   ....    music consultant
Peter Rotter   ....    on-set music consultant
Darian Sahanaja   ....    music consultant

Having Brian Wilson as a producer is simply so they can put it on the poster and dvd cover. Just like with TWGMTR.
Good to see Darian there, though. He's already got film experience as well.

[KittyKat]

The people behind Brian want him to be eligible for an Oscar, which he would get if the film won Best Picture, and would not get if he had the more routine title of "executive producer" for what he actually has to do with it. Plus, it gives him more claim for being a genius, since he's conquering another field. Even though he probably has minimal involvement, and even what he is contributing is mostly the people who work for him. It's a vanity thing, though I doubt it's Brian who is vain.

[Lowbacca]

The people behind Brian want him to be eligible for an Oscar, which he would get if the film won Best Picture, and would not get if he had the more routine title of "executive producer" for what he actually has to do with it. Plus, it gives him more claim for being a genius, since he's conquering another field. Even though he probably has minimal involvement, and even what he is contributing is mostly the people who work for him. It's a vanity thing, though I doubt it's Brian who is vain.

Well said.

[Shady]

Well this movies gonna have a kick ass soundtrack

[Ray Lawlor]

The people behind Brian want him to be eligible for an Oscar, which he would get if the film won Best Picture, and would not get if he had the more routine title of "executive producer" for what he actually has to do with it. Plus, it gives him more claim for being a genius, since he's conquering another field. Even though he probably has minimal involvement, and even what he is contributing is mostly the people who work for him. It's a vanity thing, though I doubt it's Brian who is vain.

Assuming that the film incorporates the original sessions from "Pet Sounds" and "Smile" would it not be logical that Brian would be listed as a producer, as that material was "produced by Brian Wilson" ?

I read all the time on this board about "the people behind Brian" or "Brian's entourage", and I am intrigued and very curious who they are ? Can anyone identify them ?

[KittyKat]

A film producer job is way different than a record producer. If he's not overseeing the nuts and bolts of film production, he's not a film producer. He could be an executive producer or some other title, but not a producer. Producing the recorded music is a soundtrack credit, not a film producer credit. Otherwise, Burt Bacharach and Henry Mancini should have been called film producers.  Or people who write songs for films.  

One thing that stands out is that there are four producers of the movie, so perhaps the definition is broad. Also, it's possible Brian may have put up some financing or found some financing through people he knew, which in today's Hollywood, might merit a producer title. This film has been years in the making so who knows how they managed to get a green light. Perhaps Brian's "people" were a driving engine all along and want him to get the credit and/or Oscar rather than take any credit themselves (I sort of doubt Brian was spending hours on the phone and in meetings getting a film about himself put together, but the folks who work for him probably did).

People behind Brian would be his managers and agents, who are often the people who negotiate such things as film credits.

[Heywood]

They would have rocks in their heads not to list him as Producer.
Absolute no brainer.