By Deana Carpenter, CBR | Roy Orbison, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician behind classic hits like “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Only the Lonely” is the latest artist to have their life turned into a movie. Per Variety, Denis O’Sullivan, the producer behind the Oscar-winning Bohemian Rhapsody, the 2018 biopic on Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, is set to produce the Orbison film.
Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, a year before he died of a heart attack at the age of 52 in December of 1988. The musician’s family is partnering with Compelling Pictures, an independent production and financing company, to develop both the biopic as well as a long-form documentary on Orbison’s life.
The theatrical feature is tentatively titled You Got It,after Orbison’s hit single from 1988 of the same name. The film reportedly will be “a romance more than a traditional biopic,” per the announcement, and will feature a look at Orbison’s relationship with his wife, Barbara, who also served as the singer’s manager and played a huge role in his comeback in the 1980s.
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The Musician’s Life Was Rife with Tragedy, and then a Comeback
Orbison, known for his deep, angelic voice, broke out in the 1960s. His hit songs included “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “Crying,” “Only the Lonely,” “Blue Bayou,” “Dream Baby,” “It’s Over,” and “In Dreams.” The musician’s life, however, took a tragic turn in 1966 when his wife, Claudette, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Two years later, his two oldest sons died in a house fire when his Nashville-area home burned down.
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https://www.cbr.com/bruce-springsteen-praise-jeremy-allen-white-biopic/?pubDate=20250214
Photo: Roy Orbison | From his Facebook page
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