David Bowie's son decries new Bowie biopic, asks Neil Gaiman to write one instead
Yesterday, it was announced that actor and musician Johnny Flynn would be playing a Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie in Stardust, a new biopic about the late artist that would reportedly feature the singer’s music. Later that day, Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, not only decried the film, but disputed some of the reported details about the project, namely that the filmmakers had rights to Bowie’s music.
“Pretty certain nobody has been granted music rights for ANY biopic,” he wrote on Twitter. “I would know.” In a follow-up tweet, Jones clarified that the film, which comes from producers at Salon Pictures and Piccadilly Pictures, does not have the family’s blessing.
“I’m saying that as it stands, this movie won’t have any of dads music in it, & I can’t imagine that changing,” he wrote. “If you want to see a biopic without his music or the families blessing, thats up to the audience.”