Bad, Bad Leroy Brown has had enough of your shit and demands his own movie! We get wind of this request thanks to the fabled caves of Yahoo:
Thirty-five years ago, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” hit No. 1 on the charts. Now, it might be heading to the big screen. Producer Warren Zide has picked up the rights to Jim Croce’s classic pop song in the hope of turning it into an action-comedy franchise.
According to Zide, his uncle tried to secure the rights to the song 25 years ago. When he showed Zide documents of the attempt, Zide called the Croce family, striking up a partnership. “I guess a classic song never fades away,” said Zide, one of the producers behind the “American Pie” and “Final Destination” movies. “We’ve always wanted to do a movie with one of Jim’s character songs,” said Croce’s widow, Ingrid. “The concept is about a good guy who can do no wrong. We just want him and his memory and his music to live on. Most importantly, it sounds as if it’s going to be a lot of fun. And Jim liked to have to have fun.”
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown is a song about a legendary man akin to Bill Brasky. You don’t know if the man was ever as great as his legend, but you know he must of been something in order for people to take the time to exaggerate about him so. A film adaptation about this charachter 25 years on is a strange move, and I am wondering if the target audience will even be familiar with the source.
I think it’s rad that Zide nephew of Zide picks up where his uncle left off 25 years ago, and finally breaks the family down to do business. If this film is successful, it will be a celebration for both the Zide and Croce family. This story interests me more than the film itself to be honest.
Films with a central, over the top, cocksure character can be quite funny if done right. This film has a descriptive song to base the character on, so the story can pretty much run rampant with situations that testify to awesomeness of Leroy Brown. The casting of Leroy Brown will make or break this project as far as I am concerned. He needs to be a man of strength and charisma, a man that announces his legend without a word spoken as he enters a room. He needs to be a modern Charles Bronson.
