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Ridley Scott set to direct Bee Gees biopic


Fresh from filming Gladiator 2, the British director is being lined up for a project about the Stayin’ Alive singers, produced by the company that made Bohemian Rhapsody

No details of the plot or cast have been revealed, but the film will have access to Bee Gees recordings through a deal that the Paramount studio made with the Gibb family in 2019. Photograph: APBorn on the Isle of Man and raised in Manchester before emigrating to Australia, the Gibb brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin formed a band and released their first album in 1965. skip past newsletter promotion Take a front seat at the cinema with our weekly email filled with all the latest news and all the movie action that matters

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