Martin Scorsese Set to Direct Grateful Dead Biopic with Jonah Hill Starring as Jerry Garcia

Martin Scorsese will direct a Grateful Dead biopic for Apple, with Jonah Hil set to star as the beloved band’s iconic lead singer, Jerry Garcia, Deadline reports.

American Crime Story: Impeachment writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will pen the script. Hill will be producing the film and the outlet has also cited that the band and the group’s management will be participating in the film as well.

Besides this, Hil will also be starring in Netflix’s upcoming film Don’t Look Up alongside a stacked cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Cate Blanchett, and Tyler Perry.

While writer/director Adam McKay has deemed the film an “absurdist comedy horror,” he told the Los Angeles Times the story is rooted in the current political and cultural climate.

“We were scouting [locations to film] in Boston, and I’m an NBA fan, so I was watching the Jazz game [on March 11, 2020] and the referees said the game was canceled for COVID,” the Oscar-winner told the outlet. “We went home, and then it was like six months of just [being] at home like everyone. … The whole time, I’m like, ‘Do you still make this movie? Like, did the movie just happen in reality?’”