Variety has a really interesting story about how difficult it can be to get a music biopic produced, as people with conflicting interests (the families who want the artist to be presented as a hero, the producers who want the truth, the studios that want it to sell tickets) can sink projects.

“Mark blames the same thing that gets in the way of so many projects: creative differences -- in particular the clash between the goals of the studio, which typically wants a product with mass appeal, and the creators, who want to paint a realistic portrait of their subject. And Mark has firsthand experience with this very struggle, having worked to hammer out a film deal for his clients in Motley Crue since their tell-all book "The Dirt" came out in 2001.

 

"It's been torture!" he says. "Motley Crue is a band that has a really gritty book that was a hit, and yet people want a smoothed-over script. ... Rock 'n' roll that makes a good movie is hardcore stuff!"