Sam Cooke to get a movie

Sam Cooke, one of the most show-stopping, emotional singers of all time will finally be getting a biopic according to Prefix magazine. It will be based on Peter Guralnick’s biography called, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, which I haven’t read, so I can’t speak on its source material. However, if it is good, then we might just have a quality film on our hands, as long as Hollywood doesn’t start feeling frisky and convince themselves that what the kids really want to see is Ashton Kutcher playing Sam Cooke during the first half of the film and Larry King playing him the rest of the time. Personally, I’m interested to see how they approach his death and the shooting at the hotel because that’s still under debate. However it turns out, I just love watching biopics, even if I do have to sit through the cringe worthy scenes in them like, Reese Witherspoon telling Joaquin, “you can’t walk no line” and then suddenly he’s “inspired” to write it. Hopefully, Sam Cooke’s will get the respect it deserves. Over and out.