Mick Jagger has signaled openness to a Rolling Stones biopic for the first time, telling British GQ the concept “interests me” — remarks that land as the band prepares to release its 25th studio album and as Hollywood’s appetite for music biopics shows no sign of slowing.
Speaking while promoting the band’s upcoming album “Foreign Tongues,” Jagger said he has a clear vision of how such a film might work, though he declined to share the details. “I don’t want to impart it to you, but I know how I see it,” he said. “There’s lots of ways of doing biopics.”
He pointed to the Bob Dylan film “A Complete Unknown” as a structural model, noting that most biopics work best by zeroing in on a single, defining chapter rather than attempting to cover an entire career. But asked which era of the Stones’ history he’d choose, Jagger acknowledged the scale of the challenge: “I don’t know which section, because it’s a long period.” He also said he had no idea who he’d want to play him.
The remarks arrive in the middle of a remarkable stretch for rock biography on screen. Sam Mendes is directing a four-film Beatles event, Jeremy Allen White played Bruce Springsteen in “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” and the Michael Jackson biopic earlier this year drew both controversy and significant box office attention.
Cameron Crowe has a Joni Mitchell film in development. The Stones remain one of the few rock institutions of that generation yet to receive the biopic treatment. A 2005 film about founding member Brian Jones, titled “Stoned,” was released without the band’s cooperation, and the Stones refused to license any of their music for it.
Jagger’s comments come as the Stones prepare to release “Foreign Tongues” on July 10. The 14-track album, their 25th studio record and a follow-up to the Grammy-winning “Hackney Diamonds,” was produced by Andrew Watt and features guest contributions from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood, and Chad Smith. It also includes a posthumous track with late drummer Charlie Watts, called “Hit Me in the Head,” recorded during sessions in Los Angeles shortly before his death in 2021.
A planned UK and European stadium tour for 2026 was scrapped after Keith Richards was unable to commit to it, though Jagger has expressed hope for touring in 2027.
