Roy Orbison will have his biographical film by the producers of “Bohemian Rhapsody”

The family of the member of the Rock and Roll Fame Hall, Roy Orbisonknown for successes as “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Crying”, “Only The Lonely” and “In Dreams”has been associated with the Independent Production and Financing Company Compump Pictures to develop a feature film and a long -term documentary based on the life and career of the singer -songwriter.

Provisionally entitled “You Got It”in honor of Orbison’s successful single from 1988, the film will be “a romance rather than a traditional biographical film,” according to the announcement shared by the Variety portal, focusing on Orbison’s relationship with his wife Barbarawho became his manager and played a key role in his return, which took place in the years prior to his death at the age of 52 in December 1988. Barbara Orbison died in 2011.

Denis O’Sullivan (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Jeff Kalligheri (“I Wanna Dance With Hivebody”) will produce for Comps Pictures. Alex Orbison, Roy Orbison Jr. and Wesley Orbison will be executive producers through their production company Roy’s Boys, along with Joshua Mosshart. Steven Garcia, Ori Allon, Janice Beard, Tanner Beard, Lexie Beard and Dennis Casali will also be executive producers.

Orbison’s children said in a joint statement: “The orbison are delighted to find the perfect partners in Compelling Pictures for Roy Orbison’s biographical film. Denis and Jeff’s vision for this trip through Roy’s life is incredible. ”

Roy Orbison’s story

Orbison, of course, was one of the legendary figures of rock music, with a deep and majestic voice and successes of the 60s as “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Crying”, “Only The Lonely”, “Blue Bayou”, “Dream Baby”, “It’s Over” and “In Dreams”. However, his life was affected by the tragedy first in 1966, when his wife Claudette died in a motorcycle accident, and again two years later, when his two older children died when his house on the outskirts of Nashville caught fire. Although he continued working and married Barbara in 1969, his career lost impulse in the 1970s.

However, in the following decade his successes began to be versioned by all, since Don McLean (which achieved a success in 1980 with “Crying”) until Van Halen (“Oh, Pretty Woman”), and even won his first Grammy in 1981 for his duet with Emmylou Harris in “That Lovin ‘You Feeling Again”. In 1986, its success “In Dreams” It appeared outstanding in David Lynch’s movie “Blue Velvet”and he and Barbara moved to Malibu, where he met local luminaries like Bob Dylan (whom I had met in the early 60s), Tom Petty and Jeff Lynneand the four joined George Harrison to form the Traveling Wilburysa quasi-supergroup whose light but memorable songs gave rise to their successful homonym album of 1988.

Almost at the same time, it was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for its lifelong admirer Bruce Springsteenwho said in his speech that when writing his great success “Born to Run”“I wanted an album with lyrics like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector, but, above all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison. Now, everyone knows that no one sings like Roy Orbison. ” Orbison completed his album back alone, “Mystery girl”in November 1988, but died suddenly from a heart attack the following month.