‘Saturday Night Fever’ was one of the most popular movies in the 70s for a number of reasons ranging from John Travolta’s dancing, the film’s costumes, Karen Lynn Gorney’s stellar performances and more. Yet, it is primarily known for its music which resulted in Bee Gees reaching the peak of their fame. This upcoming feature film is a biopic on the much famed pop music group and is titled as, ‘You Should be Dancing’. The development of this new project is being taken up under Sister, a production company based in London alongside GK Films, Amblin Partners and Paramount Pictures.
The feature film is predicted to be shot in United Kingdom and Miami, Florida. Lorene Scafaria will be directing ‘You Should be Dancing’ while also composing its screenplay alongside John Logan, Anthony McCarten, Ben Elton, Eleanor Burgess and John Carney. Lorene Scafaria is a known filmmaker whose works include, ‘Hustlers’ which premiered in 2019, ‘The Meddler’ a romantic comedy, ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ which premiered in 2008 and ‘Under the Boardwalk’ a comedy, among others. John Logan is known both as a screenwriter and playwright and his works include, ‘Rango’ which premiered in 2011. Anthony McCarten is both a writer and a filmmaker and his works include, ‘The Two Popes’ which is a comedic documentary. Ben Elton is popular as an actor/ comedian/ writer and is known for ‘Two Brothers’ and more. Eleanor Burgess is an emerging writer whose works include ‘Modern Austen’ a TV series. John Carney is primarily knwon as a director and his works include, ‘Sing Street’ a musical comedy and more. Stacey Snider, Elizabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone, Graham King, Steven Spielberg, Barry Gibb and Hayley King will possibly be joining the crew for the upcoming feature film as its producers.
What to Expect?
The upcoming feature film will showcase Bee Gees from the very start of their music career in 1958 all the way to being one of the biggest selling groups of all time who made a worldwide sales of over 220 million records. While Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb got their big break following their work in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ that populariezed disco and led to one of the top selling albums ever. But even before ‘Saturday Night Fever’ the trio was quite known. Their first rush of fame was seen after their father got a tape of their music to Beatles manager Brian Epstein, which eventually reached Robert Stigwood, who was a prominent figure in their rise. The upcoming feature film will follow how the trio becomes influential in popularizing disco that put pop in a corner.
