The story of Jerry Garcia’s life before he became the heart of the Grateful Dead is heading to the silver screen for the first time. Director Amir Bar-Lev and his team of producers have announced plans to turn Robert Greenfield’s Dark Star: An Oral Biography on Jerry Garcia into a big-screen biopic. Like the film Nowhere Boy, which chronicles John Lennon’s adolescence prior to joining the Beatles, this movie will focus on Garcia’s early life before he became the figurehead of the legendary jam band. "I don’t think Jerry is easily understood. I think he’s a complex human being," Greenfield tells Rolling Stone. "After a certain point, everyone had their own vision of Jerry. This film is about who he really was before people made him what they wanted him to be. I think a lot of that has been lost in the legend and the myth that has grown since his death."
