Iconic singer and actor Frank Sinatra's life is just begging for a biopic. However, there's a good reason a movie hasn't happened yet.
Biopic films about musicians and singers have become some of the safest bets in the industry, so how come we haven't gotten one about Frank Sinatra yet? A film chronicling the life of "The Chairman of the Board" sounds like a no-brainer, not to mention an easy moneymaker. In his long career, Sinatra's resume included being a world-renowned singer, an Academy Award-winning actor, and a passionate civil rights activist, just to name a few of his many titles.
The '40s were a great star vehicle for Frank Sinatra, but things would slow down for the star toward the early '50s. Sinatra's career would be on the decline for several years following the untimely passing of his publicist George Evans and an extramarital affair with Ava Gardner. Not to mention, he was getting older and was not considered to be the teenage heartthrob that was so essential in his rise to fame.
Frank Sinatra's Alleged Connection to the Mafia However, we will delve deeper into an admittedly sore subject for Frank Sinatra and his legacy, as this part of Frank Sinatra's life is likely a key reason why a biopic about Sinatra has not been made yet. Despite his charming, happy-go-lucky demeanor while performing, Sinatra did have a dark side in his alleged ties to the Italian Mob. These are allegations that are still hotly contested to this day, years after Sinatra's passing.
Martin Scorsese's Biopic Was Shot Down by Sinatra's Estate and Family Talk that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese would be directing a feature film about Frank Sinatra began all the way back in 2009, but it was a project that was ultimately doomed to fail. It appeared that the project was progressing smoothly for a while, with Scott Rudin on board to produce and Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in the conversation to play Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, respectively .
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