Boy George Movie Is in the Works
Boy George is the latest music icon to get a movie about his life.
On the heels of biopics about Freddie Mercury ("Bohemian Rhapsody") and Elton John ("Rocketman"), MGM is developing a film about singer Boy George.
Sacha Gervasi ("My Dinner with Herve," "Hitchcock") is attached to direct.
The untitled project will track the singer, born George Alan O’Dowd, from his humble beginnings in a working-class Irish family through his rise to the top of the international pop charts in the 1980s as part of the band the Culture Club.
The Grammy winner has sold more than 100 million singles and over 50 million albums with Culture Club and as a solo artist. His hits include "Karma Chameleon,” “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” “ and “Time (Clock of the Heart).”
In addition to the Boy George biopic, MGM is also developing an Aretha Franklin film starring Jennifer Hudson.