Brian Jun ("Steel City") will write and direct a feature based on musician Jeff Buckley's life says The Hollywood Reporter.
Buckley was considered by critics one of the most promising artists of his generation after he released his debut album, "Grace," in 1994. Such musicians as Robert Plant, Elton John, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney praised the album, and his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is considered the definitive version of that song.
Just as his career was taking off, however, Buckley drowned in Memphis in 1997. The movie is being produced by Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, and Michelle Sy ("Finding Neverland").
