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Legendary punk rocker Joey Ramone is the subject of a children’s book that speaks to “all the kids who feel a little different.” The book is titled Gabba Gabba We Accept You: The Wondrous Tale of Joey Ramone, and will be released on June 27th via the record label Drag City.

The 51-page book, which can be pre-ordered via Amazon or the Drag City website, was written by Jay Ruttenberg and illustrated by Lucinda Schreiber. An official description reads as follows:

“Calling all parents lost in Kids Book Land! Gabba Gabba We Accept You is a children’s picture book telling the story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero. The challenging times that Jeffrey Ross Hyman endured before becoming Joey Ramone speak to young folks navigating the complexities of growing up, via teachable punk stuff: being your own person with your own compass,...

How did that one song go? Now I wanna sue you too! Maybe not, but the ugly legal battle between the estates of Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone continues, as Mickey Leigh (Joey’s brother) has countersued Linda Cummings-Ramone (Johnny’s widow), claiming she is infringing on the Ramones‘ trademarks and exploiting the band’s legacy.

Back in January, we reported on Linda suing Mickey over the Pete Davidson-led Netflix biopic I Slept with Joey Ramone, which is currently in development and based on Leigh’s memoir of the same. Linda claimed the movie is a “covertly developed an unapproved and unauthorized Ramones-based biopic” that is based on Leigh’s “one-sided recitation of the history of the Ramones.”

Now, Leigh has struck back with his own lawsuit against Linda, calling her a onetime “groupie” who has latched on to the Ramones name. The suit, which Billboard reports...

Long after their passings, the feud between Johnny Ramone and Joey Ramone lives on. Johnny’s widow, Linda Ramone, is suing Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh, over the Pete Davidson-led Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone.

Johnny and Joey notoriously had a cantankerous relationship throughout the existence of the Ramones. In fact, Joey dated Linda before she eventually married Johnny.

The movie, which is currently in development and stars Davidson as Joey, is based on Leigh’s memoir I Slept With Joey Ramone. In her lawsuit, Linda claims that Leigh “covertly developed an unapproved and unauthorized Ramones-based biopic” that is based on his “one-sided recitation of the history of the Ramones,” according to Billboard.

Linda’s attorneys further state, “Ms. Ramone objects to defendants’ attempt to create a Ramones film without her involvement — not to be obstinate, but rather based on defendants’ disregard for [Ramones] assets and their conduct and treatment of Ms.

Long after their passings, the feud between Johnny Ramone and Joey Ramone lives on. Johnny’s widow, Linda Ramone, is suing Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh, over the Pete Davidson-led Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone.

Johnny and Joey notoriously had a cantankerous relationship throughout the existence of the Ramones. In fact, Joey dated Linda before she eventually married Johnny.

The movie, which is currently in development and stars Davidson as Joey, is based on Leigh’s memoir I Slept With Joey Ramone. In her lawsuit, Linda claims that Leigh “covertly developed an unapproved and unauthorized Ramones-based biopic” that is based on his “one-sided recitation of the history of the Ramones,” according to Billboard.

Linda’s attorneys further state, “Ms. Ramone objects to defendants’ attempt to create a Ramones film without her involvement — not to be obstinate, but rather based on defendants’ disregard for [Ramones] assets and their conduct and treatment of Ms.

Punk rocker Jesse Malin was left paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a rare spinal stroke in May. Now the estate of Joey Ramone is stepping up to auction memorabilia to help aid in Malin’s recovery.

The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund partnered with Joey Ramone’s estate for the auction, which includes items from the late Ramones frontman’s collection of clothes and memorabilia, as donated by Joey’s brother, Mickey Leigh.

Some of the pieces include vintage shirts of The Who and Soundgarden that were worn by Joey, as well as crewneck sweatshirts and a vinyl/poster pack. In addition, Malin and Sweet Relief are offering new merchandise that supports the D Generation frontman’s recovery.

The auction announcement was accompanied by a music video for the re-recorded version of Malin’s “The Fine Art of Self Destruction (Lonely Process),” which was included on the expanded, remastered...

The estate of Joey Ramone has agreed to sell a stake of the punk legend’s music publishing rights for 10 million.

The acquisition was part of a larger 2 billion partnership between independent publisher Primary Wave Music and investment company Brookfield Asset Management, the Wall Street Journal reports. In addition to acquiring Ramone’s publishing, Primary Wave also secured non-exclusive rights to use Ramone’s name and likeness.

“I’m happy to welcome Primary Wave as partners in my brother’s interests in Ramones,” Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman (a.

Netflix announced Thursday that comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson will play Joey Ramone in the biopic I Slept with Joey Ramone. The film will tell the life story of Joey Ramone, frontman of The Ramones. The film is based on Ramone’s brother, Mickey Leigh‘s, memoir by the same title. Adam Fogelson, […]

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Pete Davidson will play Joey Ramone in an upcoming Netflix biopic about the late punk rocker. Dubbed I Slept with Joey Ramone, the project will team Davidson back up with director Jason Orley, who directed Davidson's stand-up special Big Time Adolescence. The movie is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name with a feature treatment penned by Davidson and Orley.

I Slept with Joey Ramone will "chronicle the life and career of the lead vocalist of The Ramones and his rise to counterculture icon status." The biopic will be developed with the full support and cooperation of the Estate of Joey Ramone. Rory Rosegarten of Rosegarten Films will executive produce alongside Davidson, Leigh, and David Spiegelman. STXfilms is the studio behind the project.

The frontman of the legendary punk rock band Ramones, Joey Ramone is one of the most popular music icons of all time. Sadly, Ramone...

Joey Ramone died 20 years ago, on April 15th, 2001, and Netflix marked the occasion on Thursday by announcing that Pete Davidson will play the punk icon in a biopic. It will be based on I Slept With Joey Ramone, a 2009 book by his brother, Mickey Leigh.

Davidson may be three inches shorter than the 6-foot-6 Ramones lead singer, but he has a similar body frame, and side-by-side photos provided by Netflix do make the case that he’ll be able to pull off the role once he’s given a wig...

Pete Davidson and Jason Orley are reuniting for “I Slept with Joey Ramone,” Netflix’s upcoming biopic about the life of the frontman for iconic punk band The Ramones. Netflix announced on Thursday that Orley, who made his directorial debut with 2019’s Davidson-led “Big Time Adolescence,” will direct the upcoming film. The duo serve as writers on the project, which is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name. The film is a collaboration between Netflix and STXfilms, both of which will develop and produce the biopic.

“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, having supported him when no one else would and witnessed him overcome...

Pete Davidson is gearing up to portray punk rock pioneer Joey Ramone in the upcoming biopic “I Slept With Joey Ramone” for Netflix and STXfilms.

The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of Ramone’s death. The biopic will chronicle the life and times of the legendary musician — born Jeffrey Ross Hyman in 1951 — who cofounded the group in Queens, New York in 1974 and went on to change the sound of rock music by stripping it down to Chuck Berry-level basics (but played twice as fast). The Ramones were arguably the first true punk rock band, and not only helped launch the scene around the downtown venue Cbgb but ignited the British punk scene with performances in the U.K. in 1976. The group disbanded in 1996, but their popularity and influence is vast and undeniable.

Joey died from lymphoma in 2001; the other three founding members of the group, Johnny (John Cummings...

Pete Davidson is set to star as Joey Ramone in an upcoming Netflix biopic about the late Ramones legend, I Slept With Joey Ramone. The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of Ramone’s April 15th, 2001 death.

The Saturday Night Live star and his frequent collaborator Jason Orley also penned the treatment for the film — based on the 2010 memoir by the same name written by Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh — with Orley also directing the biopic. Davidson and Orley previously teamed up for 2019’s Big Time Adolescence and the comedy...

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.

Davidson and Orley penned the screenplay, which is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name (Leigh is Ramone’s brother). Davidson, Leigh, Rory Rosegarten, and David Spiegelman will serve as executive producers. The project has the cooperation and support of the Estate of Joey Ramone and with the assistance of Rosegarten Films.

Netflix and STX previously teamed on the Netflix series Rise of Empire: Ottoman as well as the film, Work It starring Sabrina Carpenter.

“When you share a bed with someone – and not just a bed,...

Pete Davidson will star as punk rock icon Joey Ramone in a biopic based on the memoir by Ramone’s brother, Mickey Leigh, titled “I Slept With Joey Ramone.”

Davidson will reunite with director Jason Orley for the film that’s being made in partnership between Netflix and STXfilms. Davidson and Orley wrote the treatment based on Leigh’s 2009 book “I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir.”

The biopic will chronicle the life of the king of punk and lead singer for The Ramones as told through Leigh’s eyes, and the film will be made with the cooperation of Ramone’s estate and with the assistance of Rosegarten Films.

“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,” Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms, said in a statement. “Mickey Leigh...

Pete Davidson is set to play Joey Ramone in a Netflix biopic about the famed punk rocker.

I Slept with Joey Ramone will re-team the Saturday Night Live cast member with his Big Time Adolescence director Jason Orley, who also directed Davidson’s stand-up special. The feature is a partnership between STXfilms and the streamer, the companies having previously worked together on YA break-out Work It.

I Slept with Joey Ramone is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name, with a feature treatment by Davidson and Orley. It will chronicle the life and career of the lead vocalist of The Ramones and his rise to counterculture icon ...

Pete Davidson is set to play Joey Ramone in a Netflix biopic about the famed punk rocker.

I Slept with Joey Ramone will re-team the Saturday Night Live cast member with his Big Time Adolescence director Jason Orley, who also directed Davidson’s stand-up special. The feature is a partnership between STXfilms and the streamer, the companies having previously worked together on YA break-out Work It.

I Slept with Joey Ramone is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name, with a feature treatment by Davidson and Orley. It will chronicle the life and career of the lead vocalist of The Ramones and his rise to counterculture icon ...

Rock may not be dominating radio, but it's seeing a resurgence onscreen.

Nick Cassavetes is the latest to join the band, signing on to adapt and direct the indie I Slept With Joey Ramone. Based on the 2009 memoir by Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh, the story revolves around the birth of the punk movement. With debut album Ramones in 1976, Ramone became the poster boy of disaffected youth in the 1970s and '80s, influencing the counterculture for decades to come. Gene Kirkwood (Rocky) is producing and putting together the financing.

No stranger to music-themed projects, Kirkwood exec produced HBO's ...

Rock may not be dominating radio, but it's seeing a resurgence onscreen.

Nick Cassavetes is the latest to join the band, signing on to adapt and direct the indie I Slept With Joey Ramone. Based on the 2009 memoir by Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh, the story revolves around the birth of the punk movement. With debut album Ramones in 1976, Ramone became the poster boy of disaffected youth in the 1970s and '80s, influencing the counterculture for decades to come. Gene Kirkwood (Rocky) is producing and putting together the financing.

No stranger to music-themed projects, Kirkwood exec produced HBO's ...

     The Ramones might've been before my time, their influence extended far enough for future generations to know they were completely synonymous with non-conformity, anti-establishment and zero commercialism. You'd think a bio pic about them would follow the same spirit. But... The yet-unpublished book "I slept with Joey Ramone", co-written by the singer's brother Mickey Leigh, has been picked up by 20th Century for producer Rory Rosegarten...

They played songs that set a new land speed record and remained together through 18 years of drugs, dysfunction and failed record sales. Now the Ramones, traditionally dubbed "the godfathers of punk", are to receive the big-screen Hollywood treatment in a biopic entitled I Slept With Joey Ramone. Fox Searchlight is in negotiations to board the bio-pic of the seminal New York punk band, based on a memoir titled "I Slept With Joey Ramone" written by Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh and longtime punk writer and Ramones chronicler Legs McNeil. This is not the first time the Ramones have been featured in a movie. There was the teen rebel comedy Rock n' Roll High School back in 1979, a soon to be remake of that film produced by Howard Stern and the 2004 acclaimed documentary End of the Century, which covered the group's influence and detailed its internal strife, from Dee Dee's drug...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox Searchlight is in talks to produce a biopic about the seminal punk rock band The Ramones. The film, which would be based on the forthcoming memoir I Slept With Joey Ramone by Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh and punk journalist Legs McNeil, would focus on the origins of the band, each member’s myriad problems with drugs (and with each other), and the group’s considerable impact on modern popular music.

The project is being spearheaded by producer Rory Rosegarten. Rosegarten (who is best known as the former executive producer of the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond) bought the rights to I Slept With Joey Ramone while the book was still being written. More importantly, however, when Rosegarten picked up the rights to the book, he also picked up the rights to The Ramones’ music.

Given the commercial and financial success of such popular...

The Ramones will reportedly feature in a forthcoming biopic. Fox Searchlight is in advanced negotiations to make the film about the legendary punk band, reports ABC News. The movie is said to be based on upcoming book I Slept with Joey Ramone, which was written by frontman Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and music journalist Legs McNeil. The project has apparently been in the works since 2006, (more)...

I realize it's only been 30 years since they were at the height of their careers, but it's stunning that we haven't yet managed to get a Ramones biopic out there. Now it looks like precisely the right people are trying to get it going. Fox Searchlight is in negotiations to pick up a project based on the memoir I Slept With Joey Ramone, written by Mickey Leigh, the brother of the band's lead singer. Of course, the key element of any music biopic is the music, and according to Variety the negotiations there are so tricky that no deal has yet been finalized. But given that Searchlight managed to make $40 million off the mediocre rap biopic Notorious earlier this year, it's inspiring to think of what they could do with the Ramones story told well. The book, logically, centers on Joey Ramone, the mercurial lead singer who died of lymphoma...

A Ramones biopic -- that being a film that sounds inherently cartoonish in the first place -- would be nothing without the band's music and the leeway to find great talent. An independent production based on the book I Slept with Joey Ramone, written by Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and punk chronicler Legs McNeil (to be published this December), has slowly been gaining ground. But now Fox Searchlight is negotiating a buy-in, which could change a lot of things. THR reports the deal, and rightly suggests that Fox Searchlight's clout could give the movie some momentum. Producer Rory Rosegarten has been going it alone for a while, negotiating rights buys for both the book and the music of the Ramones. That's one place where the Fox Searchlight buy-in could get complicated; any studio/distributor is going to be wary of rights deals negotiated by someone else. And if you're telling...

Life so often imitates art. A subplot on a past season of HBO's hit series "Entourage" saw movie star Vinny Chase (Adrien Grenier) in the running for a leading role in a Ramones biopic. A variety of factors led to that fictional project being put to rest, but wheels appear to have been turning on a similar effort back here in the real world. Fox Searchlight is negotiating to bring "I Slept With Joey Ramone," an as-yet-unreleased memoir written by the singer's brother Mickey Leigh, to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter reveals.

Let's be clear here: this remains a developing story. The book's still-unfolding road to the silver screen has been a long one. Manager-producer Rory Rosengarten negotiated for the rights to the book -- which was still being written at the time -- and the band's music over a period of several years. Fox's involvement remains unconfirmed, though...

It's been 8 years now since Joey Ramone passed away, and 5 years since Johnny Ramone died, so I suppose it's about time someone got around to making a Ramones biopic... right? Well according to the Risky Biz Blog [1], Fox Searchlight is doing exactly that. The indie imprint is currently in negotiations with producer Rory Rosegarten, who owns the big screen rights to the upcoming book I Slept with Joey Ramone, written by Joey's brother Mickey Leigh. Rosegarten also managed to get the rights to use the music of The Ramones, which is pretty key. Fox Searchlight sounds like an ideal place for a project like this to develop as they have always been willing to take chances and have a great way of understanding and marketing to subcultures. However, I'm not so sure about this Rory Rosegarten fellow; he was an executive producer on Everybody Loves Raymond. At any rate, The...

A reaction to the extreme popularity of a band that produced music that itself was a reaction to the bloated pop music of the 1970s, the Ramones are headed to the big screen. Fox Searchlight, perhaps drafting behind the upcoming bio-pic of The Runaways, is developing a film based on the memoir I Slept with Joey Ramone, written by Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh and music journalist Legs McNeil. The book is due out this December.

This is not the first time - or the last - that the Ramones will be featured in a movie. There was Rock n' Roll High School back in '79, the 2004 documentary End of the Century, and Howard Stern is currently developing a remake of High School.

There's some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff about this project between Searchlight and producer Rory Rosegarten, who picked up the rights to the story while the book was being written,...

There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin' -- legendary rockers and pop-culture icons The Ramones may finally be getting their due on the big screen. Gabba gabba hey! Fox Searchlight (aka "the good Fox") is trying to hook a deal for a movie about the influential quartet, based on an upcoming memoir by Joey Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh and longtime Ramones chronicler Legs McNeil. The movie project, centering of course on the towering singer and various backstage drama...

Fox Searchlight wants to be sedated.

The specialty division is in negotiations to board a project about the life of the Ramones, based on a memoir titled "I Slept With Joey Ramone" by the musician's brother -- and, notably, featuring the band's tunes.

The project, which had initially been conceived and come together independently under manager-producer Rory Rosegarten, would get a significant boost with the boarding of the specialty division.

Written by Joey Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh and longtime punk writer and Ramones chronicler Legs McNeil, the book centers on the life of Joey Ramone...