Lynyrd Skynyrd News: Biopic Planned & Tickets for Upcoming Concerts

Lynyrd Skynyrd Biopic in the Works

Artimus Pyle, who played drums with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1991 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is working on a biopic about his time with the band. The film will also explore one of the darkest times in the band’s history: the plane crash that took the lives of six people in 1977, including lead singer and Pyle’s close friend Ronnie Van Zant. The plane crashed after it ran out of fuel following a performance in Greenville, South Carolina.

The film is tentatively called Free Bird. It will be about both the plane crash and Pyle’s relationship with Van Zant, whom he considered a genius and who was like a brother to him. Pyle said he wrote the film because he wanted to tell the story of the band members and their love of music.

He wrote the script for the film with Jared Cohn, who will direct. The biopic will be produced by Cleopatra films and is scheduled to go into production later in 2016.

Free Bird is Pyle’s personal story, not an authorized Lynyrd Skynyrd biopic. The producers have not gotten the rights to use the band’s music and are currently planning to use Pyle’s original music.

Lynyrd Skynyrd continued to release albums and tour in spite of the tragedy, and the band is still going strong. buyTickets.com has tickets for upcoming performances by Lynyrd Skynyrd across the United States. Order tickets today to see this iconic band perform live.