So the Keith Moon project...

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I was just wondering what happened with that.

He could have done it 12 years ago around the same time he did "Studio 54". The Who are not part of the modern nomenclature of popular music and most of the icons from that era are only faint memories of those who experienced that era and those like me who appreciated it back in the 80s/90s before music in general relapsed into the over-commercialized wasteland that it is today. Even bands that were considered groundbreaking in the 80s and 90s are no longer part of any conversations while others have become second-rate performers who now play in Vegas and Indian casinos.



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blah, blah, blah. no. typical revisionist history. there were just as many mainstream bands in the '70s as today. there were TONS of awful mainstream pop artists in the '70s who have no relevance today. bands like the who, the stones, etc. - they transcended that era, and looking back today, they're the only ones who stand out. so we form this misguided opinion that they represent the era, but really, they were just the rarities; just like people are already looking back on the '90s bands with nostalgia. i lived through the '90s and i can tell you there were plentiful crap musicians and, back then, people spoke fondly about the '70s just as you are today.

sorry for the rant. i just get annoyed by the whole "i wish they still made good music today" bull, because twenty years from now your kids (if they are so inclined) will be youtubing the few great bands of the '00s and talking fondly about how they wish bands from the 2030s were as great as back in the '00s.

anyway, the movie would make money. doesn't matter that the who aren't part of modern nomenclature. they're still relevant. they still sell out stadiums when they tour. it wouldn't be a blockbuster, but with a proper budget it would do well enough.

problem is he waited too long, and now he's too old and based on his recent flops and diva behavior, no one will ever greenlight it. he'd be wise to make austin powers 4 with a stipulation that the studio funds his pet project (sort of like michael bay did with pain & gain and transformers 4), but his ego is probably too big. which is saying a lot, when you're comparing the guy to michael bay.

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The window for this movie (which could have been brilliant) is come and gone. He's too old and fat now.

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A biopic of The Who drummer Keith Moon was first floated by The Who's singer Roger Daltrey in 1994. A competing movie by Moon's personal manager, Peter "Dougal" Butler, produced by Robert De Niro and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, was cancelled in 1998 after Daltrey had Pete Townshend deny the use of music by The Who. Since then, some major names have been attached to the movie among many written, and a starring role for Robbie Williams or Mike Myers, but no script has yet gotten Daltrey's approval. As of 2013 the movie is attached to Exclusive Media and Da Vinci Media Ventures.

I totally disagree with your projected assessment of how Generation Z will be viewed 20 years from now. The world of entertainment has completely changed these past 10 years as well as the shift from Western culture being at the forefront. 20 years from now the visual medium will be completely different and our so-called smartphones will look funnier to their eyes than banana cellphones look to us today.