A new official Jeff Buckley biopic has been confirmed, and is being co-produced by the late singer’s mother. Titled Everybody Here Wants You, the biopic has support from the Buckley estate and promises to be “the only official dramatisation of Jeff’s story”.
The film will mark the directorial debut of Orian Williams, who previously produced the 2007 Ian Curtis biopic, Control and has acted as producer on the upcoming film Creation Stories, which stars Trainspotting’s Ewan Bremner as Creation Records (My Bloody Valentine, Oasis) founder Alan McGee.
Actor and musician Reeve Carney will assume the role of Buckley in the biopic, which is purported to start filming sometime this Spring via Culmination Productions.
Everybody Here Wants You will be produced by Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert and Alison Raykovich, who currently manages the Buckley estate and acts as VP of Jeff Buckley Music.
“This will be the only official dramatisation of Jeff’s story which I can promise his fans will be true to him and to his legacy,” Guibert said.
“Thankfully, my determination to assemble all the right participants, no matter how long it took, is about to culminate in the best way possible.”
The son of Tim Buckley, Jeff rose to the spotlight in 1994 with the release of his debut album Grace, which featured singles such as Last Goodbye, Lover, You Should've Come Over and Hallelujah.
The acclaimed singer and virtuosic guitarist passed away in 1997 after drowning in the Mississippi River at the age of 30, with his unfinished posthumous sophomore album Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk being released the following year.