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Retro4Life · 04-29-2011, 09:20 PM

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Charley Pride Biopic
Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 1:30pm

by Adam Rosenberg
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Dwayne Johnson gives hope to professional wrestlers everywhere. Here’s a guy who started his career as a wrestler before going on to establish himself in Hollywood. He started small, and with the sort of movies you’d generally laugh at and wait to watch on cable, if at all (The Scorpion King), but eventually started landing bigger and bigger roles that demanded more from him in every way.

The Rundown is still the bomb, though.

He’s in Fast Five this week, and we’ll see him again this summer in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. He’s also Sinbad (the good-hearted pirate, not the comedian) in the upcoming 3D adaptation Arabian Nights. Things turn a little more serious for Johnson’s latest gig, though: Variety reports he’ll play country music star Charley Pride (“Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”) in an upcoming biopic.

There’s no title yet, but Johnson will produce along with Dany Garcia, Randy Jackson and Pride’s manager John Daines. The musician spent his early life in the 1950s as a professional baseball player in the American Negro League. He did fine as a pitcher until a 1953 injury set him back; Pride continued playing, but also pursued work in music. He recorded some songs at Sun Studios in 1958 and later signed with RCA in 1966. There’s no word on which parts of the musician’s career this biopic will focus on, but it will presumably tackle racial issues as Pride is the only black country musician to have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Marvo301 · 04-30-2011, 12:42 AM

Will Dwayne Johnson be singing in this movie or will they dub in someone else's voice?

Retro4Life · 04-30-2011, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Will Dwayne Johnson be singing in this movie or will they dub in someone else's voice?

Good question. Somehow the dulcet tones of "The Rock" aren't something I've been longing to hear, particularly covering Charley Pride songs.

MickeyMac · 04-30-2011, 02:57 PM

I think I'll pass.

70s show watcher · 05-03-2011, 03:43 AM

tommy lee jones or billy bob thortan would be great as farron young in the movie

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Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	Dwayne Johnson Goes Country With Charley Pride Biopic http://spinoff.comicbookresources.co...#disqus_thread Charley Pride Biopic Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 1:30pm by Adam Rosenberg Movies, Music Share View Comments Dwayne Johnson gives hope to professional wrestlers everywhere. Here’s a guy who started his career as a wrestler before going on to establish himself in Hollywood. He started small, and with the sort of movies you’d generally laugh at and wait to watch on cable, if at all (The Scorpion King), but eventually started landing bigger and bigger roles that demanded more from him in every way. The Rundown is still the bomb, though. He’s in Fast Five this week, and we’ll see him again this summer in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. He’s also Sinbad (the good-hearted pirate, not the comedian) in the upcoming 3D adaptation Arabian Nights. Things turn a little more serious for Johnson’s latest gig, though: Variety reports he’ll play country music star Charley Pride (“Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”) in an upcoming biopic. There’s no title yet, but Johnson will produce along with Dany Garcia, Randy Jackson and Pride’s manager John Daines. The musician spent his early life in the 1950s as a professional baseball player in the American Negro League. He did fine as a pitcher until a 1953 injury set him back; Pride continued playing, but also pursued work in music. He recorded some songs at Sun Studios in 1958 and later signed with RCA in 1966. There’s no word on which parts of the musician’s career this biopic will focus on, but it will presumably tackle racial issues as Pride is the only black country musician to have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	I think I'll pass.

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