Martin Scorsese to direct Grateful Dead biopic with Jonah Hill as Jerry Garcia

The film is being produced for Apple.
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Jonah Hill Photo credit Matthias Nareyek / Stringer

Jonah Hill is set to star as The Grateful Dead frontman, Jerry Garcia, in a new Martin Scorsese-directed biopic for Apple, according to Deadline.

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Scorsese and Hill previously worked together on 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' & the filmmaker produced a documentary about the band with 2017's 'Long Strange Trip'.

'American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson' writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will pen the script and Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann are among those who will executive produce.

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