I Blame Coco

Background information
Birth name	Eliot Pauline Sumner
Born	July 30, 1990
Born place	Pisa, Italy
Genre(s)	Electropop Alternative Pop New Wave Punk
Years active	2005—present
Label(s)	Island Records
Associated acts	Sub Focus Sting Fyfe Dangerfield Miike Snow Mr Hudson Pete Doherty Robyn Fiction Plane
Website	Website

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Jeff Buckley Movie Biopic Still Going Ahead

April 11, 2011

A music biopic about late singer Jeff Buckley is still going ahead, it has been reported.

The as-yet-untitled film will tell the story of Buckley's life. The singer drowned in 1997 in Memphis aged 30.

'Welcome To The Rileys' director Jake Scott will direct the Ryan Jaffe script, best known for the 2008 comedy The Rocker, reports Deadline.

127 Hours star James Franco and James Marsden have been linked to play the lead role.

Also Twilight star Robert Pattinson a keen music fan is said to be "obsessed" with securing the role.

The as-yet-untitled biopic is set to begin production by the end of the year.

(by Holly Frith)

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