Patrick Frater of Variety reports from Cannes:
Former Hobbit Elijah Wood (pictured) is to star as Iggy Pop in "The Passenger," a biopic of the legendary rocker.
"Passenger," which follows Pop's (pictured) early years with his band the Stooges, is to be helmed by Nick Gomez ("Drowning Mona") from a script by Eric Schmid.
Pic will lense in next six months and is [scheduled) for delivery by midsummer 2008. The $6 million-$8 million budget is being put together from a combination of pre-sales, a U.S. equity fund and tax credits from Philadelphia.
Pop has "given his blessing" to the project but will not take part in it, according to head of finance and operations [for the production company] Jonathan Page
At the very least, this film has the potential to aide Mr. Wood, in helping him to step out of the long shadow cast by being Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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