Myers lands on Moon

Thesp to star in Who drummer biopic

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Mike Myers will star as the Who's drummer Keith Moon in an untitled
feature being mobilized by Spitfire Pictures. Roger Daltrey is
producing with Spitfire's Nigel Sinclair. Bill Gerber also is
producing.
Daltrey and Sinclair have worked on the Moon project on and off for
about 10 years, but the film will be on a fast track and a director
will be set shortly.

Myers last appeared onscreen in "The Cat in the Hat."

Myers previously flirted with the Moon project several years ago. At
the time, he was so busy co-writing and playing four characters in
"Austin Powers in Goldmember" that the project never quite came
together. He is eager to make it happen now, sources said.

Moon's penchant for destroying drum sets while bandmate Pete Townshend
smashed his guitars helped to forge the Who's rebellious image. Moon
was just as wild offstage, living large and trashing hotel rooms and
cars. The lunacy nearly overshadowed an instinctive power drumming
skill that fueled the Who. The hard living caught up to Moon, who died
in 1978.

The film is the second Who project at Spitfire, where Sinclair and Guy
East are working with Daltrey and Townshend on "My Generation: Who's
Still Who," a Murray Lerner-directed feature documentary. Spitfire just
produced the Martin Scorsese-directed docu "No Direction Home: Bob
Dylan."

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