The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a new biopic is in the works profiling the life of Jerry Garcia. The film is expected to focus on the guitarist’s early years, including the formation of the Grateful Dead. Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner have signed on as the film’s producers and are currently searching for an actor to play the part of the young Garcia. Though the film’s plot is still being hashed out, the biopic’s source information will draw from Robert Greenfield’s oral history of Garcia, Dark Star, and will document the guitarist’s stint in the military, as well as his early days in the Bay Area.

According to reports, Bob Weir will help oversee the film’s soundtrack. Filming is expected to start in 2009.

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