Myers lands on Moon
Thesp to star in Who drummer biopic


Mike Myers will star as the Who's drummer Keith Moon in an untitled feature being mobilized by Spitfire PicturesSpitfire Pictures. Roger Daltrey is producing with Spitfire's Nigel SinclairNigel Sinclair. Bill GerberBill Gerber also is producing.
Daltrey and Sinclair have worked on the Moon project on and off for about 10 years, but the film will be on a fast track and a director will be set shortly.

Myers last appeared onscreen in "The Cat in the Hat."

Myers previously flirted with the Moon project several years ago. At the time, he was so busy co-writing and playing four characters in "Austin Powers in Goldmember""Austin Powers In Goldmember" that the project never quite came together. He is eager to make it happen now, sources said.

Moon's penchant for destroying drum sets while bandmate Pete Townshend smashed his guitars helped to forge the Who's rebellious image. Moon was just as wild offstage, living large and trashing hotel rooms and cars. The lunacy nearly overshadowed an instinctive power drumming skill that fueled the Who. The hard living caught up to Moon, who died in 1978.

The film is the second Who project at Spitfire, where Sinclair and Guy EastGuy East are working with Daltrey and Townshend on "My Generation: Who's Still Who," a Murray Lerner-directed feature documentary. Spitfire just produced the Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese-directed docudocu "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan."

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when i think about it, he would be great at playing moon. he looks like him and i think he could do a pretty good job of emulating his behavior.

could be cool.

not sure how i feel about this

Mike Myers' obsession with becoming as successful a cross-over actor as Jim Carrey continues...

This looks like a good idea but how can Myers possibly emulate Moon's drum playing style. He's gonna look like an idiot trying to mimic the best drummer of all time

Thats just idiotic. I've always had an idea that Jason Schwartzman could bulk up and play Moon perfectly:

i'm looking forward to it, mike myers needs a new thing... there are enough austin powers at this point

Hmmmm Hmmm Well.... Hmmm

Maybe Dana Carvey taught him a thing or two.

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