Joey Ramone: Last News

Joey Ramone in Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone.The film will be directed by Jason Orley, who worked with Davidson on Big Time Adolescence and Pete Davidson: Alive from New York and will be based on Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh’s memoir of the same name.I Slept With Joey Ramone will be produced by Netflix in partnership with STX, and has the support of the Estate of Joey Ramone.Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms Motion Picture Group, said in a statement: “When you share a bed with someone – and not just a bed, but a childhood, a family, and a lifetime – you know that person better than anybody else.“Mickey Leigh not only collaborated with his big brother’s band – he has irreplaceable memories of and insights into Joey Ramone,

Pete Davidson is set to play punk rock legend Joey Ramone in a new Netflix biopic,Davidson and director Jason Orley -- who also worked together onand  -- have teamed up to write the treatment of the film, based on the memoir of the same name by Ramone's brother, Mickey Leigh.«When you share a bed with someone – and not just a bed, but a childhood, a family, and a lifetime – you know that person better than anybody else.

Pete Davidson is set to star in I Slept with Joey Ramone, a biopic chronicling the life of the king of punk that is being produced by Netflix and STXfilms. Jason Orley, who directed the SNL star in Hulu’s Big Time Adolescence as well as his Netflix comedy special Pete Davidson: Alive from New York, is directing the pic.

many of his most valued possessions, which are maintained by his younger musician-brother Mickey Leigh. A talented guitarist in his own right, Leigh, who’ll be putting on the 20th annual Birthday Bash for Joey on May 19, allowed The Post to check out key items from the archive, including those stored at Joey’s former East Village apartment.

Ramones frontman Joey Ramone.The like of Creeper, We Are Scientists, The Futureheads and Kathryn Williams have signed up for the event, which takes place on March 28 from 8pm until late.The show will be preceded by Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties of the band’s first two albums, their 1976 self-titled debut, and 1977’s ‘Leave Home’Ramone, who died aged 49 in 2001 after a seven year battle with lymphoma, would have turned 70 this year.The night is raising money for charities researching lymphoma, as well as obsessive compulsive disorder, from which Ramone also suffered.