Martin Scorsese is making a movie about The Grateful Dead, with Jonah Hill set to star as the iconic rock band’s frontman Jerry Garcia.
Martin Scorsese is making a musical biopic about the Grateful Dead, with Jonah Hill set to star as the iconic rock band’s frontman Jerry Garcia. The project reunites Scorsese and Hill, who worked together on “The Wolf of U85FC054344F4DCF7E3972F361F144C5.” In addition to directing, Scorsese will serve as a producer alongside Hill. Though exact plot details haven’t been announced, the still-untitled film is expected to chronicle the band’s rise amid the ’60s psychedelic counterculture movement. The Grateful Dead formed in the Bay area in 1965 and became one of the key symbols of the counterculture upon releasing a debut album in 1967 that was just as heavy on the members’ love for roots music as the psychedelia of the period. Along with Garcia, founding members include Bob Weir, Ron McKernan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann.
