Bobby Darin film gets green light

Kevin Spacey credits the success of Chicago with allowing him to finally go into production with his long-planned film about Bobby Darin.

Filming is due to begin in June on Beyond The Sea, a biography of the late singer which Spacey will produce and in which he will sing several of Darin’s songs, including Dream Lover, Mack The Knife, Splish Splash and the title song.

“It’s been the single hardest film to raise financing for,” the Oscar-winning actor told journalists in Los Angeles.

“Thankfully, films driven by music are back in favour, although I don’t think they were ever out of favour with audiences. I just think people in this industry have short memories because they don’t remember films like All That Jazz and Fame.”

It will be Spacey’s last film before he moves to London to take up his post as artistic director of the Old Vic.