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Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Label(s) Caroline Records
Constantinople Records
Hut Records
Associated acts Spirits in the Sky
Zwan
Starchildren
Members
Billy Corgan
Jeff Schroeder
Nicole Fiorentino
Mike Byrne
Former members
Melissa Auf der Maur
James Iha
D'arcy Wretzky
Jimmy Chamberlin



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Jeff Buckley Movie Biopic Still Going Ahead

April 11, 2011
Jeff Buckley Movie Biopic Still Going AheadA 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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