Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic | Cameron Crowe

[Cremildo]

“Every journalist has their dream list of interview subjects. Mine was Marvin Gaye, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. I never got to Marvin Gaye, but Joni Mitchell more than made up for it. My last cover story for the magazine, and still my favorite.”

That’s from an intro that Cameron Crowe wrote in the summer of 2000 when he reprinted his interview with Joni Mitchell that ran in the July 26, 1979 edition of Rolling Stone.

Now, if you’re wondering what Crowe has been up to for the last several years, you’re not alone. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has been laying low ever since Showtime canceled his 2016 series Roadies after one season, but sources say he’s finally readying a return behind the camera, as Above the Line has exclusively learned that Crowe is set to write and direct a movie about Joni Mitchell that he’s been developing with the iconic singer-songwriter for the past two years. He’ll also produce alongside his Vinyl Films partner Greg Mariotti.

Sources caution that the project isn’t a traditional biopic in the conventional sense of the word, nor is it a documentary. Instead, it’s akin to an autobiography, in the sense that Crowe has been writing about Mitchell since he was a young reporter for Rolling Stone, and she has grown to trust him over the years, so he’s been writing the script with her input. [+]