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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards — the Stones' credited songwriters — have agreed a massive deal to allow some of their songs and story to be used in a drama for the first time.

The team behind The Crown are making plans to shoot a new 16-part drama series about the band, which is as-yet untitled. It will be shown in two eight-part series by the network FX.

I'm told that the production budget has been bloated by demands from the Stones for recompense for allowing their lives and their music to feature. A pal of Jagger's tells me that 'around £50 million' will go to them jointly as a result.

That's a stunning chunk of change, but it seems that a judgment call was made by the show-runners that this was the only way the project would be worth doing.

Wow. I’m a bit surprised really. And who said Mick doesn’t like the past!?!

Fabulous. Hope they do it a magnificent turn.

.... Hope BV gets ta play himself ....



ROCKMAN

The Crown team did some amazing work, I find. So this is gonna be pretty cool. Maybe they get Scorsese to direct it...

Somehow I remember having read about this before?

It's just pure greed but hey-ho

It's great publicity for Mick and Keith anyway, why drain the budget of the series makers.

The Crown was excellent quality production, now they have less budget to make a fantastic series on the Stones.

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.... Hope BV gets ta play himself ....

Who'll play you Rockman? Johnny Depp?!



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I hope ALL the Stones, past and present, get a nice cut of the pie, and not just Mick and Keith for songwriting royalties. The general public is only interested in the first 15 years or so of the band, and that means, Bill, Brian, and Mick Taylor. God they'll probably drag Brian through the mud. Bill will probably only get the occasional nod, same with Mick Taylor.

Honestly we don't need this. I'd rather watch a documentary on the Stones than a docu-drama. But it might introduce a whole new set of kids to the band, like Gary Busey's Buddy Holly portrayal reignited interest.