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Producers confirm Jerry Garcia biopic

Published Thursday, Nov 13 2008, 12:28 GMT | By Alex Fletcher
Producers confirm Jerry Garcia biopic

Rex Features

Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner have signed up to produce a biopic about the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia.

The currently untitled project will follow Garcia's early life in San Francisco before he joined the influential counterculture band.

It will focus on his time in the army, a life-changing car accident in 1961 and his first dealings in the music business.

Dark Star, Robert Greenfield's book about the musician, will be the central source for the movie. Music rights are currently being negotiated. Topper Lilien is scripting the project.

Berger and Yerxa's credits include Little Miss Sunshine and Election.

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