Amazon Set To Bring You “The Hag”
There are a couple country legends, no longer with us, whose lives would be SO interesting in a movie: Johnny Paycheck and Merle Haggard. The former we’ll still have to wait, but the latter is on the way.
Amazon Studios has acquired a package for biopic film of “The Hag’s” life. Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell is looking to play Haggard, and he will do his own singing of classic Haggard’s songs (recorded during the ‘60s when the picture is set).
Robin Bissell will direct the film, and he will write the script with Merle’s widow, Theresa Haggard, based on the Haggard memoir Sing Me Back Home. Bissell and Haggard will produce the film together.
Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.
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