The Dead Weather

Background information
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock Blues Rock Garage Rock Revival
Years active	2009—present
Label(s)	Third Man Records
Associated acts	Queens of the Stone Age The White Stripes Discount The Greenhornes The Kills The Raconteurs The Upholsterers The Waxwings Hello=Fire
Website	Website
Members
Jack White
Dean Fertita
Alison Mosshart
Jack Lawrence

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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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