Sam Cooke Biopic Moving Forward, Screenplay Complete

10:53 PM PDT 3/14/2011 by Phil Gallo, Billboard

The "Commitments" screenwriters have penned the script on the late soul singer, the search begins for a director.

Start singing "Ain't That Good News": A Sam Cooke biopic has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality; The screenwriters behind the all-Beatles musical Across the Universe have finished their adaptation of Peter Guralnick's definitive biography of Sam Cooke for ABKCO, which owns Cooke's publishing and the bulk of his master recordings.