T Bone Burnett Stays Busy (Big Surprise) With New Movie, TV Pilot
Speaking of movie trailers, check the above one for Crazy Heart, which will earn its release on Wednesday, December 16. The movie, which stars Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell, features Bridges in the starring role as Bad Blake, a down-and-out country singer looking for a new...
And of the song in the trailer? Well, that’s the theme song to the film, penned by Austin-based, gravelly voiced alt-country singer Ryan Bingham and Fort Worth’s own T Bone Burnett.
Indeed, the above film seems a fine setting for Burnett’s craft. But so too does another project on his docket, which follows a similar line: Burnett will serve as both the executive producer and the executive music producer for a new Lionsgate-backed TV pilot called Tough Trade. As for what the hour-long drama will focus on? Well, let’s hand that over to the press release:
Sounds… well, pretty awesome, actually. Here’s hoping it gets the green light.
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