Walker (1987)

Directing Bits: Julie Delpy for Joe Strummer Biopic, ‘Harold & Kumar Christmas’ Helmer for ‘Final Girls’, Tate Taylor Drops Out of ‘Tammy’

[1] Even as Julie Delpy gears up for a possible third Before Sunrise pic [2] with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater , the busy writer-director-actress has attached herself to helm a biopic of iconic rock musician Joe Strummer called The Right Profile. Strummer is best remembered as the frontman of British punk group The Clash, though his musical resume also includes solo work, stints with The Mescaleros and The Pogues, and the soundtracks for Walker and Sid and Nancy . (The film is named after this Clash song [3], from London Calling. The tune even points back to the movies, with lyrics about '40s film star Montgomery Clift .) Few details about the project have been revealed at this time, though we do know the film will follow Strummer's disappearance from the public spotlight in 1982. Variety [4] notes that Delpy could appear in the picture -- seeing as she's acted in nearly all of her directorial efforts,
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