Aug 11 2009Hank Williams Will See You in Theaters
The biopic wheel has been spun and it looks like our next film about someone famous and now dead will be... Hank Williams!--one of only a handful of people who don't really annoy me when in a cowboy hat. Details:
Nashville-based 821 Entertainment Group and Strike Entertainment have teamed to turn the life of country music icon Hank Williams into a feature film.The package includes cooperation with the Hank Williams estate that gives the production use of his most memorable recordings. Also, 821 has optioned the rights to "Hank Williams: The Biography," a book by Colin Escott that is being used as a resource by Abraham. Escott will be associate producer.
Williams ranks high among the most influential country music singer-songwriters, and he lived a life as hard as any character in a country song. After growing up dirt poor in Alabama during the Depression, Williams skyrocketed to fame with 11 No. 1 hits, including classics "Cold, Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."
Williams also suffered from spina bifida, which led him to turnto alcohol and morphine for pain relief. Haunted by demons and bad habits, Williams died in 1953 at age 29.
No word yet on who will portray the iconic country artist, but that doesn't mean we can't go ahead and engrave the bottom of an Academy Award with: "for his role in Hank."
Reader Comments
1. Mark - August 11, 2009 5:33 PM
I don't actually know what information is engraved at the bottom of an Oscar. It's probably something like that, though.
2. royaltee - August 11, 2009 7:28 PM
about 10 years too old, but Toby Huss looks the part
http://baconismyantidrug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/toby_huss3.jpg
3. rh - August 11, 2009 7:44 PM
they should get his grandson Hank III, he'd be perfect.
4. Fiona - August 11, 2009 8:00 PM
#3 beat me, I just came to say Hank III would be perfect... if he were an actor.
Also, I'm kinda surprised no one's tackled a Hank Williams biopic until now.
5. Sean - August 11, 2009 8:43 PM
If anyone but Hank III gets the part, I'm calling bullshit. He was, leterally, born to play this part.
6. Spellchecker - August 11, 2009 8:44 PM
Literally. He was literally born to play the part.
7. Pat - August 12, 2009 8:53 AM
@6 Thanks, buddy.
8. Ray - August 12, 2009 12:03 PM
They need to get Hank III to play his grandfather. Ever seen him? Creepy. Plus he sounds more like his grandpa than his father Hank Jr. Don't f' this up Hollywood.
9. Bill L. - August 12, 2009 4:50 PM
Fiona - there was one way back in 1964 called "Your Cheatin’ Heart", in which George Hamilton played Hank. It was OK but, to put tt mildly, whitewashed.