"Meryl Streep is to play Joni Mitchell in a forthcoming biopic of the singer-songwriter directed by Cameron Crowe, according to record executive Clive Davis. Davis confirmed the rumours surrounding the casting at his pre-Grammys party on Saturday, reports Rolling Stone. Last year, Anya Taylor-Joy was linked to the project in the role of the younger Mitchell, as was Streep's Mamma Mia! co-star Amanda Seyfried."
"Speaking three years ago, Crowe explained that unlike recent films based on brief periods in the life of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen the film is not based on a biographical book about the star, but rather Mitchell's own account of her life. It's Joni's life, not [seen] through anybody else's prism, he said. It's through her prism. It's the characters who impacted her life that you know and a lot that you don't know. And the music is so cinematic."
Meryl Streep will portray Joni Mitchell in a Cameron Crowe-directed biopic, with Clive Davis confirming the casting at his pre-Grammys party. Anya Taylor-Joy and Amanda Seyfried were previously linked to portray the younger Mitchell. Crowe, whose best-known film is Almost Famous, has been attached for several years and hoped for a release before 2026. The film will be based on Mitchell's own account of her life rather than a biographical book, focusing on the characters who impacted her and the cinematic quality of her music. Streep previously received Oscar nominations for portraying Roberta Guaspari in Music of the Heart (1999) and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016).
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