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Jonah Hill Will Be Playing This Legendary Rock Star In An Upcoming Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood, with Ryan Seacrest. Jonah Hill signed on
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Speaker 1: to play one of the most iconic and influential counter
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Speaker 1: culture rock stars of all time, the father of jam
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Speaker 1: band's Grateful Dead frontman, Jerry Garcia. Academy Award winning director
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Speaker 1: Martin Scores says it will be behind the camera for
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Speaker 1: the biopic, which will focus on Jerry's life. The Grateful
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Speaker 1: Dead got started in San Francisco in the nineteen sixties
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Speaker 1: as the musical heart of the hippie movement exploding there
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Speaker 1: at the time, but went on to become one of
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Speaker 1: the most successful touring acts in history, with arguably the
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Speaker 1: most devoted fan base music has ever seen, called Deadheads,
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Speaker 1: who often toured the country following the band to every
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Speaker 1: single show. The Dead played all the way until when
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Speaker 1: Jerry died, but the other members have since gone on
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Speaker 1: to keep touring, most recently with John Mayer stepping into
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Speaker 1: play lead guitar in Jerry's plays as Dead and Company.
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Speaker 1: All of the surviving Grateful Dead members have given their
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Speaker 1: blessing to the project, with some on board as producers.
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Speaker 1: It's expected to shoot next year and will be available
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Speaker 1: on Apple TV Plus That's Direct from Hollywood