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12-02-2026, 09:44 PM
Meryl Streep is to play Joni Mitchell in a forthcoming biopic of the singer-songwriter directed by Cameron Crowe, according to record executive Clive Davis.
Davis confirmed the rumours surrounding the casting at his pre-Grammys party on Saturday, reports Rolling Stone. Last year, Anya Taylor-Joy was linked to the project in the role of the younger Mitchell, as was Streep’s Mamma Mia! co-star Amanda Seyfried.
Crowe, whose best-known film is the music drama Almost Famous, has been attached to the project for some years, and in 2023 said that he hoped for a release date before 2026. Speaking three years ago, Crowe explained that – unlike recent films based on brief periods in the life of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen – the film is not based on a biographical book about the star, but rather Mitchell’s own account of her life.
Can’t wait for this, huge Joni Mitchell fan. From Cameron Crowe, the director of Almost Famous (one of my favourite movies).
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/03/meryl-streep-cast-as-joni-mitchell-in-new-biopic
Davis confirmed the rumours surrounding the casting at his pre-Grammys party on Saturday, reports Rolling Stone. Last year, Anya Taylor-Joy was linked to the project in the role of the younger Mitchell, as was Streep’s Mamma Mia! co-star Amanda Seyfried.
Crowe, whose best-known film is the music drama Almost Famous, has been attached to the project for some years, and in 2023 said that he hoped for a release date before 2026. Speaking three years ago, Crowe explained that – unlike recent films based on brief periods in the life of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen – the film is not based on a biographical book about the star, but rather Mitchell’s own account of her life.
Can’t wait for this, huge Joni Mitchell fan. From Cameron Crowe, the director of Almost Famous (one of my favourite movies).
GFB-d-8_bvY
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/03/meryl-streep-cast-as-joni-mitchell-in-new-biopic