Meryl Streep to play Joni Mitchell in biopic, reveals Clive Davis

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is set to portray Joni Mitchell in a new biopic Music mogul Clive Davis recently made the revelationThe Oscarwinner has long been rumoured to be in contention to take the lead role in a film about the music legend which is being made by music writerturneddirector Cameron Crowe and now Davis appears to have confirmed the casting news reports lsquoFemale First UKrsquoAs per Rolling Stone Davis made the revelation during his annual preGrammy Awards party in Los Angeles The music industry veteran took to the stage to welcome his celebrity guests and when it came to greet Mitchell he declared she would be portrayed by Meryl Streep in Crowes biopicThe actress has been linked to the role since 2024 but an official announcement has yet to be made Anya TaylorJoy has also been linked to the project with reports suggesting she may play a younger version of the singer onscreenAs per lsquoFemale First UKrsquo Cameron Crowe has been working on the film for many years and he recently suggested it would be entering production in 2026During a 2025 interview with the New York Times he was asked about his friendship with Mitchell and he replied I am friends with Joni Mitchell Proudly In the best way She was my best interview at Rolling Stone The 79 interview that we did when she was putting out the Mingus album was by far the best interview I did thererdquoWhen pressed for details about his biopic the director said Were going to make it next year Theres not a lot I can say about it Soon Ill be able to speak more definitively about whos in it and how were gonna do it and everything I actually had a dream of a structure of how to tell that storyrdquoHe further mentioned ldquoSo I called her place Mitchells and told her righthand person that Id had this dream and if somebody comes knocking come to me first and Ill tell you this idea and well see what happens Shes like Theyre knocking all the time and Joni wonders why youve taken so long to call So yes come over and tell us what your idea is This was about four and a half years ago Joni said Lets spend every Monday night You come over here well talkrdquoldquoYou ask me anything you wantrsquo So thats what Ive been doing all this time Its been incredibly inspiring the most Ive interviewed anybody the deepesttissue kind of conversations Ive had with any artist and Ive found it invigorating and cant wait to make the movierdquo he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever