Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has now set up a biopic project on the musician-dancer-actor Sammy Davis, Jr. The movie is said to be based on the memoir Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. that was written in 1965 by Davis and Jane & Burt Boyar.
“I cannot tell you how excited I am about the signing of the Sammy Davis Jr. project with Paramount.
I knew and loved Sammy dearly,” Richie, who reportedly played a key part in getting the rights to the project, tells the outlet.
Paramount will be taking the project out to writers and directors very soon, hoping to fast track the film.