Jonah Hill to Star as Jerry Garcia in Grateful Dead Biopic

Previously this year, it was revealed that Pete Davidson would certainly be playing Joey Ramone in a forthcoming biopic for Netflix. On Thursday, SPIN found out that Jonah Hillside will certainly be playing Jerry Garcia in an upcoming Grateful Dead biopic. The movie will certainly be guided by Martin Scorsese as well as will certainly be launched on Apple.

Deadline was the initial to report the information of the Grateful Dead biopic.

Scott Alexander as well as Larry Karaszewski ( Individuals v. O.J. Simpson: American Criminal Offense Tale) will certainly be creating the manuscript. Exec manufacturers consist of the Grateful Dead participants Bob Dam, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, as well as Costs Kreutzmann, Garcia’s child Trixie, Eric Eisner, as well as Bernie Cahill.

In addition, Hillside will certainly additionally create the movie with his Solid Infant manufacturing business with Matt Dines. Scorsese as well as Rick Yorn of LBI Home entertainment will certainly create too. Hillside as well as Scorsese formerly interacted on 2013’s Wolf of Wall Surface Road, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio.

This isn’t Scorsese’s initial venture right into the globe of the Grateful Dead. In 2017, Scorsese generated the Grateful Dead doc Lengthy Odd Journey

A couple of weeks earlier, we went to Dead & Firm’s three-night stand at the Hollywood Dish in Los Angeles. The band did a variety of Dead tunes. You can review our wrap-up below.