Renee Zellweger (“Chicago”) will star as Judy Garland in a new movie about the show business legend’s final concerts in London reports Variety. Pathé and Calamity Films are behind “Judy” and principal photography is set for next February, in London.
Opening in the English capital in the winter of 1968 as Garland arrives for a five-week run of sell-out concerts, the movie will also recount the icon’s battles with management and relationships with musicians and fans.
As the concerts get underway the star of stage and screen is 47 and exhausted, fragile, and wanting to be at home with her kids, casting into doubt whether the shows, at the Talk of the Town nightclub, can go on.
“Judy” is based on a script written by Tom Edge (“The Crown”) and will be produced by BAFTA winner David Livingstone (“Pride”) for Calamity Films. British stage director and Tony nominee, Rupert Goold, will direct. The producers said the movie will feature some of Garland’s best-known songs.
Pathé will distribute the “Judy” in the UK, France and Switzerland and will handle sales throughout the rest of the world.
