{"id":445588,"date":"2026-02-03T00:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445588\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:44:08","slug":"meryl-streep-to-play-joni-mitchell-in-cameron-crowe-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445588\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryl Streep to Play Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The long-rumored casting for the upcoming Joni Mitchell biopic has been confirmed.<\/p>\n

In a pre-Grammy Awards party on Saturday, music mogul Clive Davis announced that the recent Grammy winner would be portrayed by a fellow Grammy nominee: Meryl Streep. <\/p>\n

\"MerylOscar winner Meryl Streep is confirmed to play Joni Mitchell in her upcoming biopic. Sebastien Nogier\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The star of the upcoming The Devil Wears Prada 2, now 76, will play Mitchell in her later years. Ana Taylor-Joy is rumored to play the younger version of the \u201cBoth Sides Now\u201d singer, but has not yet been confirmed by anyone working on the project. <\/p>\n

Cameron Crowe, who directed Oscar-nominated Jerry Maguire, is set to direct the untitled Mitchell biopic. It is the director\u2019s first project since back-to-back commercial flops in the 2010s with the Emma Stone film Aloha and the single-season TV show Roadies. <\/p>\n

According to Crowe, the project has been in the works for years.<\/p>\n

\"CameronCrowe and Mitchell have known each other for nearly 50 years, and their film has been in the works for a half-decade. Bruce Glikas\/WireImage <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on it for about four years,\u201d the music writer-turned director said on Late Night with Stephen Colbert in October. The director has been meeting regularly with the 11-time Grammy winner, where he \u201ccan ask her about anything, and she speaks with her heart about all kinds of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crowe, who first began his relationship with Mitchell as a Rolling Stone music writer in 1979<\/a>, hopes the film will be different from the current array of music biopics. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is from her perspective, her life, looking out,\u201d the director told Colbert. <\/p>\n

One day after the casting announcement, Mitchell won her eleventh Grammy<\/a> for Best Historical Album for a collection of live performance recordings from the late 1970s. On stage, her glittering gold outfit was finished with an \u201cICE OUT\u201d pin. <\/p>\n

\"PatrickOn Sunday, Joni Mitchell won her eleventh Grammy for Best Historical Album. Rich Polk\/Billboard via Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most glitter and glam I eversaw at the Grammys,\u201d Mitchell said as she accepted her award. <\/p>\n

Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep is the only actor confirmed on the project so far. The film has not yet set a release date. <\/p>\n

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