Justin Timberlake is Neil Bogart in "Gold"
Justin Timberlake has signed on to both star in and produce the feature "Spinning Gold" at Boardwalk Films.
The story chronicles the life of music legend Neil Bogart who founded Casablanca Records in 1974 and is credited with discovering, launching and nurturing the careers of a generation of music superstars.
KISS, Parliament, Donna Summer, and The Village People were just a few of the acts on the roster of Casablanca Records, whose sound and image would come to define 70s pop culture.
Gary A. Randall along with Bogart's sons Evan 'Kidd' Bogart and Timothy Scott Bogart will produce. Tim will also pen the script. Boardwalk Records will also produce a tie-in album with classic hits "reimagined by today's biggest artists" according to the press release.