EventuallyTV: New Buddy Holly bio-pic in works

[Bob Jersey]

[Also sent this to ForgottenHits.com. Links are to Variety articles.]

Back in 2018, Buddy Holly's widow Maria Elena, along with BMG who manages Buddy's estate and publishes his works in the US, approved a new dramatic movie project, Clear Lake, about Holly's life on tour months before the tragic crash that killed him.

Per Variety, "The film will follow Holly and [Clarence] Collins, founder of Little Anthony & the Imperials, as they tour together in the racially charged days of 1958 as part of the 'Biggest Show of Stars Tour.' [Patrick] Shanahan and [Rick] French are collaborating on the story with Shanahan writing the screenplay." They share an advisor, Stephen Easley, with Maria Elena Holly and the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation.

It wasn't till May of this year that a director was found for the movie, Bruce Beresford, best known for the movies Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy, and it was just this week that the actor who will play Buddy, Ireland native Ruairi O'Connor, was introduced. They hope to begin production this coming spring.

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