We’ll bring you more details on the Sam Phillips biopic as they become available.
Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to the biography Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll and are still looking for both a writer and director for the project.
Of course, all that changed in 2015 when DiCaprio was finally handed the Best Actor Oscar for his visceral performance in The Revenant.
Sam Phillips was most notable for his work in the music industry of the 1940s and 1950s and was responsible for discovering in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line.