
So, back in June, we all had a chance to hear a rumor about
Peter Sarsgaard‘s possible involvement in a
Bill Monroe‘s
biopic, written by
Callie Khouri.
Today, we're here to report that Sarsgaard's wife and
Maggie Gyllenhaal (
Nanny McPhee Returns, Crazy Heart, Away We Go, The Dark Knight) will be the part of the upcoming project as well.
Maggie Gyllenhaal described her role this way:
“Bill Monroe, who invented bluegrass music, had a kind of Sid and Nancy style affair with this woman Bessie Lee Mauldin throughout his life and T-Bone Burnett's going to do the music and Callie Khouri – who wrote Thelma & Louise – wrote the script so we're going to do that together.”
Not bad at all! Especially with that Oscar winning team on board, and
Finn Taylor (
The Darwin Awards) in charge for directing the whole thing!
For all Gyllenhaal fans out there, she will next be seen in
Hysteria directed by Tanya Wexler and based on a true story, which is expected to be released some time next year.
Stay tuned for more
Bill Monroe's biopic updates!