Will Laetitia Halliday make a Johnny movie with a new French movie star?

In November 2020, director Olivier Marshall announced that he would abandon the idea of ​​a biopic dedicated to Johnny Hallyday. 36 The director of the Quai des Orfèvres specified Parisian He turned down a feature film because he “doesn’t want to get into family news.” A reference to a dispute over inheritance rights between the rocker’s children and his wife.

Jalil Lespert’s film with Matias Schoenaerts

Last May, during the Cannes Film Festival, Universal Pictures International France announced the launch of a biopic dedicated to the “youth idol”. It is Jalil Lespert (Yves Saint Laurent), the former companion of Leticia Halliday, who will direct this film, which should focus on a specific period in Johnny Halliday’s life: his meeting in the mid-90s. “It’s primarily a beautiful love story.”The French film was then entrusted by General Director of Universal International Pictures France and Italy, Javier Albert.

And it’s Belgian actor Mathias Schoenaerts, who came to prominence in 2011 with his massive role in Bullhead, who has been chosen to play Taulier in this Que je t’aime. Young actress Fantine Hardwin (In The Mist, Prometheus) will play Leticia Boudoux – at the age of 19, when she meets her youth idol.

A second Johnny Hallyday movie with Raphael Couinard?

but today Closer magazine Leticia Halliday is reportedly working on a biopic about her husband. The feature film was to begin with Joey’s adoption in late 2008, explore the couple’s family life in Los Angeles, and tell the story of Johnny Hallyday’s youth through stories.

Letitia Halliday has already hired a director. Without naming him, it does specify that he is an “acclaimed French filmmaker, multi-awarded for his muscular films and acclaimed at the box office.” A description that could fit a certain Olivier Marshall… Could the director be making a comeback?

The magazine then goes on to specify that according to their information (whose source is unknown), it’s Raphael Couinard who will play Johnny in this feature film… we imagine the César winner will play Junkyard Dog’s translator for the male breakthrough. “Ignite the Fire” in youth As of 2008, the date the film was supposed to begin, Jonny Halliday was 65 years old.

Taulie fans rejoice, not one, but two movies centered around their idol will see the light of day.