{"id":2015255,"date":"2026-06-27T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015255"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:31:50","slug":"mick-jagger-admits-idea-of-a-rolling-stones-biopic-interests-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015255","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger admits idea of a Rolling Stones biopic \u201cinterests\u201d him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mick_jagger_2026.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mick Jagger admits idea of a Rolling Stones biopic \u201cinterests\u201d him<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;I know how I see it&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-27T22:31:50+01:00\">27th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mick_jagger_2026-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"2026 New York City Ballet Spring Gala\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Mick Jagger at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 07, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Mick Jagger\u00a0has\u00a0admitted that\u00a0the idea of a big-screen\u00a0Rolling Stones biopic \u201cinterests\u201d him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1078\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Zack Snyder on his dream Mick Jagger biopic: \u201cHis voice is iconic\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0legendary\u00a0frontman\u00a0was asked about the possibility of\u00a0the band\u00a0receiving the biopic treatment in a new interview with\u00a0<i>GQ<\/i>, in the context of\u00a0Sam Mendes\u2019 upcoming four-film Beatles project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it interests me,\u201d Jagger replied when asked whether a similar treatment for the Stones would appeal to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to impart it to you,\u00a0but,\u00a0I know how I see it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0lots of ways of doing biopics.\u00a0So\u00a0most of the time when you do a biopic, you do one small section of someone\u2019s life bookended by some other stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger then pointed to the\u00a0Bob Dylan\u00a0biopic\u00a0<i>A Complete Unknown<\/i>, which starred Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u00a0and focused on Dylan\u2019s early years in New York and his controversial move from folk to electric music.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A COMPLETE UNKNOWN | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FdV-Cs5o8mc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cTake the Bob Dylan movie,\u201d Jagger said. \u201cYou do the moment when Bob went electric. You\u2019d have to think, what are you going to zero in on? And where\u2019s your two years of interest? I mean that Bob Dylan one was two years, [the] James Brown\u00a0one that I produced was slightly more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked which section of The Rolling Stones\u2019 history he would choose, Jagger added: \u201cI don\u2019t know which section, because it\u2019s a long period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The James Brown film Jagger referred to was 2014\u2019s\u00a0<i>Get\u00a0On\u00a0Up<\/i>, which starred Chadwick Boseman\u00a0as the Godfather\u00a0Of\u00a0Soul and was directed by Tate Taylor. Jagger produced the film alongside Brian Grazer,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0and Victoria Pearman, while Nick Eversman played Jagger in a small role.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u2019s four-star review of\u00a0<i>A Complete Unknown<\/i>, Alex Flood wrote:\u00a0\u201cIf\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0a Bob newbie,\u00a0you\u2019ll\u00a0leave the cinema ready to dive into his back catalogue.\u00a0If\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0already a fan, the next few weeks will be spent making playlists of lesser-known B-sides or reading the lore around a scene you\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0familiar with. And\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0why it was\u00a0a good idea\u00a0to make this film \u2013 a mad idea, but a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been\u00a0rumours\u00a0about\u00a0a Rolling Stones film over the years, and in 2012, Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin\u00a0acquired the rights to Robert Greenfield\u2019s book\u00a0<i>Exile\u00a0On\u00a0Main Street: A Season\u00a0In\u00a0Hell\u00a0With\u00a0The\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/i>, with plans to turn the story of\u00a0the chaotic\u00a01971 sessions in the South of France into a feature film.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IOL-vfkpJM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The project resurfaced in 2016, when\u00a0<i>Downton Abbey<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Daredevil<\/i>\u00a0director Andy Goddard was attached to direct, with reports at the time saying actors were being sought to play late-\u201920s versions of Jagger and\u00a0Keith Richards. The film never came to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Styles\u00a0was also widely\u00a0rumoured\u00a0to be playing\u00a0Jagger\u00a0at one point,\u00a0and\u00a0Zack Snyder told\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in 2023\u00a0that Jagger would be his dream biopic subject. The director said he had long been fascinated by the challenge of capturing Jagger on screen,\u00a0adding: \u201cHis voice is iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger has his own long history in film, having starred in Nicolas Roeg\u2019s\u00a0<i>Performance<\/i>\u00a0in 1970,\u00a0as well as\u00a0<i>Ned Kelly<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Freejack\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Burnt Orange Heresy<\/i>. He also co-created and executive-produced HBO\u2019s 1970s music-industry drama\u00a0<i>Vinyl<\/i>\u00a0with\u00a0Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n<p>Jagger\u2019s comments come ahead of the release of The Rolling Stones\u2019 new album \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019,\u00a0which is due out on July 10.\u00a0The\u00a0band\u00a0have also announced an official podcast companion to the record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Keith Richards<\/li>\n<li>Mick Jagger<\/li>\n<li>Rock<\/li>\n<li>The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Mick Jagger\u00a0has\u00a0admitted that\u00a0the idea of a big-screen\u00a0Rolling Stones biopic \u201cinterests\u201d him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1078\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Zack Snyder on his dream Mick Jagger biopic: \u201cHis voice is iconic\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0legendary\u00a0frontman\u00a0was asked about the possibility of\u00a0the band\u00a0receiving the biopic treatment in a new interview with\u00a0<i>GQ<\/i>, in the context of\u00a0Sam Mendes\u2019 upcoming four-film Beatles project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it interests me,\u201d Jagger replied when asked whether a similar treatment for the Stones would appeal to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to impart it to you,\u00a0but,\u00a0I know how I see it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0lots of ways of doing biopics.\u00a0So\u00a0most of the time when you do a biopic, you do one small section of someone\u2019s life bookended by some other stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger then pointed to the\u00a0Bob Dylan\u00a0biopic\u00a0<i>A Complete Unknown<\/i>, which starred Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u00a0and focused on Dylan\u2019s early years in New York and his controversial move from folk to electric music.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A COMPLETE UNKNOWN | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FdV-Cs5o8mc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cTake the Bob Dylan movie,\u201d Jagger said. \u201cYou do the moment when Bob went electric. You\u2019d have to think, what are you going to zero in on? And where\u2019s your two years of interest? I mean that Bob Dylan one was two years, [the] James Brown\u00a0one that I produced was slightly more.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked which section of The Rolling Stones\u2019 history he would choose, Jagger added: \u201cI don\u2019t know which section, because it\u2019s a long period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The James Brown film Jagger referred to was 2014\u2019s\u00a0<i>Get\u00a0On\u00a0Up<\/i>, which starred Chadwick Boseman\u00a0as the Godfather\u00a0Of\u00a0Soul and was directed by Tate Taylor. Jagger produced the film alongside Brian Grazer,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0and Victoria Pearman, while Nick Eversman played Jagger in a small role.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u2019s four-star review of\u00a0<i>A Complete Unknown<\/i>, Alex Flood wrote:\u00a0\u201cIf\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0a Bob newbie,\u00a0you\u2019ll\u00a0leave the cinema ready to dive into his back catalogue.\u00a0If\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0already a fan, the next few weeks will be spent making playlists of lesser-known B-sides or reading the lore around a scene you\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0familiar with. And\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0why it was\u00a0a good idea\u00a0to make this film \u2013 a mad idea, but a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been\u00a0rumours\u00a0about\u00a0a Rolling Stones film over the years, and in 2012, Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin\u00a0acquired the rights to Robert Greenfield\u2019s book\u00a0<i>Exile\u00a0On\u00a0Main Street: A Season\u00a0In\u00a0Hell\u00a0With\u00a0The\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/i>, with plans to turn the story of\u00a0the chaotic\u00a01971 sessions in the South of France into a feature film.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IOL-vfkpJM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The project resurfaced in 2016, when\u00a0<i>Downton Abbey<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Daredevil<\/i>\u00a0director Andy Goddard was attached to direct, with reports at the time saying actors were being sought to play late-\u201920s versions of Jagger and\u00a0Keith Richards. The film never came to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Styles\u00a0was also widely\u00a0rumoured\u00a0to be playing\u00a0Jagger\u00a0at one point,\u00a0and\u00a0Zack Snyder told\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in 2023\u00a0that Jagger would be his dream biopic subject. The director said he had long been fascinated by the challenge of capturing Jagger on screen,\u00a0adding: \u201cHis voice is iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger has his own long history in film, having starred in Nicolas Roeg\u2019s\u00a0<i>Performance<\/i>\u00a0in 1970,\u00a0as well as\u00a0<i>Ned Kelly<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Freejack\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Burnt Orange Heresy<\/i>. He also co-created and executive-produced HBO\u2019s 1970s music-industry drama\u00a0<i>Vinyl<\/i>\u00a0with\u00a0Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n<p>Jagger\u2019s comments come ahead of the release of The Rolling Stones\u2019 new album \u2018Foreign Tongues\u2019,\u00a0which is due out on July 10.\u00a0The\u00a0band\u00a0have also announced an official podcast companion to the record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mick-jagger-admits-idea-of-a-rolling-stones-biopic-interests-him-3953695&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mick_jagger_2026.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Mick Jagger admits idea of a Rolling Stones biopic \u201cinterests\u201d him &#8220;I know how I see it&#8221; By Max Pilley 27th June 2026 Mick Jagger at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center on May 07, 2026 in New York City. 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