A new biopic about Billy Joel has been announced, but the project is not endorsed in any way by the 77-year-old artist.
According to film industry website Variety, Billy & Me will tell Joel's story pre-fame, through the eyes of the star's first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered Joel in 1966, signed him in 1970, and brokered his deal with Columbia Records in 1972.
Editor/director John Ottoman, who won an Oscar for his editing on Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will direct the film... but unlike with the Queen film, he won't have access to Joel's music.
