The multi-time Oscar winner has been rumoured to be in contention for the role in the film, which has been in development for some time. However, Rolling Stone has reported that Davis confirmed the casting at his pre-Grammy awards party on Saturday (January 31) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Further details about the film have been scarce, although rumours surfaced last year about Streep’s involvement, alongside reports that Anya Taylor-Joy had been cast as a younger version of the singer (via Stereogum). The casting of Mitchell in her younger years is yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.
Crowe, who directed iconic music drama Almost Famous, shared in 2023 that the project was in motion and hoped to be released by the end of 2025, which did not come to pass.
About the movie, he told Ultimate Classic Rock: “It’s Joni’s life, not through anybody else’s prism. It’s through her prism. It’s the characters who impacted her life that you know and a lot that you don’t know. And the music is so cinematic.”
