How deep is director Kenneth Branagh’s love for the Bee Gees? I suppose we’re about to find out. The veteran director has been tapped to direct the untitled Bee Gees biopic for Paramount, according to Deadline.

Branagh’s notable directing and acting career is marked by a string of Academy Award-nominated Shakespeare adaptations throughout the ’90s, including “Henry V,” “Hamlet,” and the joyful “Much Ado About Nothing.” Other directorial credits include “A Midwinter’s Tale,” “Sleuth,” “Thor,” the Lily James-led “Cinderella,” and “Murder on the Orient Express.”

Paramount has also tapped screenwriter Ben Elton to draft the film’s screenplay.

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From an outsider’s perspective, you may think that Bradley Cooper would never attempt to do a musical drama for the rest of his career. How could he possibly top the work he did in “A Star Is Born,” which earned him Oscar nominations and turned out to be a monster box office hit. Not bad for a film that marked his directorial debut and featured his talents as the star, as well.

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Just when you think the rock biopic well has run dry, with studios eagerly snatching up the life rights to just about everyone who has released a hit song in the previous five decades, Paramount lands the Bee Gees.

That’s right, according to Deadline, Paramount is teaming up with producer Graham King for an upcoming biopic about the incredibly influential pop trio that found popularity in the ‘70s thanks to the film “Saturday Night Fever.

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