Jan 24, 2025 · Jeff Buckley’s mom is finally sharing the story of why an apocryphal biopic about her late son starring Brad Pitt never came to be.

May 17, 2023 · For the Uber-cool Brad Pitt, one artist simply slapped him across the chops with a stunning dose of je ne sais quoi that buoyed their monumental talents to ethereal heights. That artist was Jeff Buckley.

5 days ago · Brad Pitt once had plans to star as the late musician Jeff Buckley in a biopic nearly two decades ago. In 2000, after inviting Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, to his wedding to Jennifer Aniston ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Jeff Buckley Doc Reveals Why a Biopic Starring Brad Pitt Was Nixed by the Musician’s Mom: ‘You’re Going to Open Your Mouth and Jeff’s Voice Is Going to Come Out?’.

Jan 25, 2025 · The mother of the late musician Jeff Buckley, who drowned in the Wolf River in May 1997, had a good reason to turn down Brad Pitt’s request to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic years...

Jan 25, 2025 · Brad Pitt once explored the possibility of starring in a biopic about Jeff Buckley — a talented and promising musician who died in 1997 at the age of 30 — until Buckley's...

Jan 24, 2025 · Brad Pitt tried and failed to make a Jeff Buckley biopic in the 2000s. Thanks to a new documentary about the late singer, we finally know why.

Jan 23, 2025 · A new Buckley documentary called It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley premieres this Friday at Sundance. As Variety reports, the project evolved from a biopic that would have starred Pitt.

Jan 24, 2025 · Jeff Buckley’s mother has revealed that Brad Pitt had planned to portray the late singer in a film which was rejected by the estate. Buckley was only 30 when he tragically died in 1997. Despite his influence as an artist and a person, his …

Jan 23, 2025 · Jeff Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, has opened up about being pitched a biopic about her late son starring Brad Pitt. In an interview with Variety , Guibert remembered Pitt’s efforts to get a green light for the biopic in 2000.