The Rolling Stones have signed a big money deal for a blockbuster biopic about the band. Frontman Sir Mick Jagger, 83, and guitarists Keith Richards, 82, and Ronnie Wood, 79, are said to have inked a contract with 101 Studios.
101 Studios is best known for the television shows Landman, Yellowstone, and The Agency, which launched last month.
A source said the story of the Rolling Stones is coming to the big screen, adding that the band love what 101 Studios have done before and think they're in safe hands. The source said it's early days but the deal is done.
Speaking to The Sun, the source said no casting has started, and that how the film will look and feel, and the stories it will tell, is being organised now.
Earlier this year, Jagger admitted he had thought about a biopic "a lot," and said he is keen for an actor in their 20s to play him when he first shot to fame.
Jagger's vision for casting
Speaking to E Talk, Jagger previously said: "I have thought about it, a lot, and the problem with casting is that I want the beginning of getting famous in there. I don't wanna ignore that part."
He added: "I was only 19, 20, and what happens is, they always cast someone (who is) 32 playing 19. I don't want that, I want them to be in their 20s. At least in their 20s."
The 83-year-old rocker also wants a "pretty unknown actor" to portray him in a movie. He said: "It would be a pretty unknown actor, it wouldn't be a big star actor, on the cusp of being famous."
He added: "They'd have to have that energy and sort of innocence as well of the world of showbusiness of what's going to happen to you and the madness and fun of it all."
Comparisons to other music biopics
In June, Jagger told GQ about a potential biopic: "Yeah, it interests me. I don't want to impart it to you, but, I know how I see it. There's lots of ways of doing biopics."
He said that most of the time when you do a biopic, you do one small section of someone's life bookended by some other stuff. He pointed to the Bob Dylan film as an example, noting it covers the moment when Bob Dylan went electric, and said the challenge is deciding what to zero in on and where your two years of interest are.
He added that the Bob Dylan film covered a two year period, while the James Brown film he produced covered a slightly longer span.
Beatles biopic already filming
The Rolling Stones deal comes as filming has commenced on Sam Mendes' Beatles biopic, a four-part film featuring Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
The Rolling Stones, formed in London in 1962, are one of the best-selling and most influential rock bands in history, known for songs including "Satisfaction" and "Paint It Black."
