Jerry Garcia

The late great Jerry Garcia is being honored and remembered in a new film about his life before becoming the frontman of the Grateful Dead.

The band formed in 1965, and Jerry died in rehab of a heart attack at the age of 53. According to Hollywood Reporter, producers Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner have acquired the rights to Robert Greenfield’s book Dark Star, an oral history of Garcia’s life from dozens of people who knew him, including musicians, relatives and artist friends like Ken Kesey.

Berger and Yerxa have collaborated on some of the biggest indie hits of the past decade, including Election and Little Miss Sunshine, while Eisner produced the Sundance hit Hamlet 2 with Berger and Yerxa and is attached to produce Bait, a remake of Betrand Tavenier's mid-'90s French thriller.