Monday, November 17th, 1997

Variety reports that Robert De Niro's studio Tribeca has teamed with MTV Productions to make a movie of 'Dougal' Butler's Keith Moon book Moon The Loon.

 

"At Paramount, Tribeca has teamed with MTV Prods. to land “The Commitments” scribes Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to adapt “Full Moon,” a movie about the heyday of the Who, back when the late Keith Moon was destroying drum sets onstage and hotel rooms off of it. “It’s not a Keith Moon biopic, but rather it’s intended to be a ‘My Favorite Year’ set in the rock business, as seen through the eyes of their roadies,” said Rosenthal. The book was written by former roadies Dougal Butler, Peter Lawrence and Chris Tengrove, and surviving Who members are involved."