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Pharrell Williams’ live-action musical based on Virginia Beach childhood is canceled, Variety reports
First, it was the music festival. And now, it seems, it’s a movie. Less than a week after Virginia Beach pulled it’s support for hometown celebrity Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water music festival,
Pharrell Williams musical 'Golden' about his life canceled, filmed partly in Hopewell
This is no reflection on the hundreds of people in Virginia who worked tirelessly on this project' — Andy Edmunds
Pharrell movie set in Virginia Beach reportedly cancelled
The movie was cancelled according to Variety, and a spokesperson for the Virginia Film Office tells News 3 the reports are true.
Report: Pharrell's live-action movie about growing up in Virginia Beach canceled in post-production
The movie musical would have been focused on Pharrell's life growing up in Virginia Beach in the 1970s, according to Variety.
Pharrell Williams’ movie musical canceled—here’s why
Pharrell Williams’ movie musical has been scrapped. The announcement comes as a surprise to fans who have been anticipating this unique cinematic project since its announcement in 2023. ‘Golden’, the star-studded film about the childhood of the music producer was directed by Michel Gondry but it has now been permanently axed after “unanimous agreement from producers and Gondry that the film did not live up to its developed conceit”.
Pharrell Williams Says ‘There Wasn’t a Path Forward’ for Canceled Musical Biopic
A musical biopic about Pharrell Williams’s childhood is no longer moving forward; it seems it was a mutual decision made by the producers of the film. “When all of us got into the editing room we collectively decided there wasn’t a path forward to tell the version of this story that we originally envisioned,
Not so ‘Golden’: Pharrell VB-inspired movie scrapped
A movie based on the Atlantis Apartment neighborhood Pharrell Williams grew up in turned out not to be so “Golden.” Variety ...
Editorial: Though disappointing, Virginia Beach right to cancel Something in the Water
The first Something in the Water festival, held in April 2019 at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, bubbled with energy and ...
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Movie musical based on Pharrell Williams’ childhood scrapped in post-production
TORONTO, ONTARIO – SEPTEMBER 10: Pharrell Williams attends the premiere ... Pharrell performing at the 2023 edition of the Something In The Water festival. CREDIT: Kendall Warner/The ...