I'd be willing to bet that Martin Scorsese has the same sort of passion and love affair for music as he does for film. Okay, perhaps there is a difference, but the man loves his Stones, Dylan and this time out, the one member of the fab four that gave to music as much as he gave to social causes. Variety reports that Scorsese will direct a docu project based on the life of George Harrison (producer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
The docu project is getting the full support Harrison's widow Olivia, and will commence perhaps not filming but the researching before the Rolling Stones doc Shine a Light gets its theatrical release.
The trade states that Scorsese will produce along with Harrison's widow and Nigel Sinclair in a co-production between Scorsese's Sikelia Prods., Harrison's Grove Street Prods., and Sinclair's Spitfire Pictures.
Interviews and early production will begin later this year, and the film will take several years to complete. Look for the doc to take on many aspects of Harrison's life and David Tedeschi will edit this project – he was the for the Rolling Stones film and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan.
So far no word on which studio this might interest – but plans are that they want a theatrical release.
