Best loved theme tunes, Scorcese honours ex-Beatle, Karate Kid remake..
8Ball is sad to learn that the writer of some of the UK’s best loved and our favourite classic TV sitcom theme tunes has gone to the great recording studio in the sky. Ronnie Hazelhurst is the unsung hero of some of the UK’s all time classic TV shows and can list The Two Ronnies , Wogan and Only Fools & Horses as some of his accomplishments. BBC TV’s head of comedy, Jon Plowman, said: “He was the composer of many of the best-loved signature tunes of the last 40 years of television - and some of his work is still heard today. He’s associated with some of the best-loved shows of our lives.”
Martin Scorsese has revealed he is to make a documentary film about the life of the late Beatles star George Harrison.
The Taxi Driver director, who has already made similar projects on Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, will direct the film and produce it with Nigel Sinclair and Harrison’s widow Olivia.
Scorsese plans to focus on Harrison’s religious beliefs and his rise to fame with The Beatles. He will be given total access to his family archives and will interview the two remaining Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, for the film.
The director told Variety: “George Harrison’s music and his search for spiritual meaning is a story that still resonates today and I’m looking forward to delving deeper.”
In a disturbing development here at 8Ball are worried by rumours of a Karate Kid remake in the pipeline. Apparently Will Smiths’s son who starred along side his dad in The Pursuit of Happyness is reportedly lined up to take the role of Daniel-San, or Daniel Larrusso to give him his full name. Sony Pictures has been in talks to make a modern version of the movie, but it has not been indicated who would take the role of Mr Miyagi, played by the late Pat Morita. We really wish they’d leave this one alone - what do you think?