Paramount has tapped Charles Murray to pen the studio's biopic of famed performer Sammy Davis Jr.
The feature, which will be partially based on Davis' memoir Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr., will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mike Menchel and Lionel Richie.
Davis Jr. began his career in vaudeville and made his name as a multihyphenate performer — recording Billboard Top 100 hits like "The Candy Man" and starring in films like Ocean's 11 as a member of the Rat Pack, the group of Las Vegas performers that also included Dean Martin ...
The feature, which will be partially based on Davis' memoir Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr., will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mike Menchel and Lionel Richie.
Davis Jr. began his career in vaudeville and made his name as a multihyphenate performer — recording Billboard Top 100 hits like "The Candy Man" and starring in films like Ocean's 11 as a member of the Rat Pack, the group of Las Vegas performers that also included Dean Martin ...
- 2/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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