{"id":19478,"date":"2023-03-30T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T09:48:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:48:41","slug":"trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Trick Candle Productions Acquires Rights to Scatman John Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Malloy\u2019s Trick Candle Productions has picked up the rights to tell the life story of musician John Larkin, known as \u201cScatman John,\u201d in\u00a0<em>Scatman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The film will detail Larkin\u2019s struggles with being a lifelong stutterer, bullying, abuse at home, drug addiction and alcoholism. After falling in love at rehab and conquering his addictions, he became a musical sensation and sold millions of CDs, garnering 14 gold records and 18 platinum records at 53.<\/p>\n<p>The film will feature access to the entire Scatman John music library, as well as private home videos. The singer passed away in 1999 at the age of 57.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is written by Stephen Basilone and Annie Mebane (<em>The Goldbergs<\/em>, <em>Shrinking<\/em>). Manfred Zahringer, Scatman John\u2019s manager; Malloy; Steve Valentine; and Lee Newman, Larkin\u2019s stepson, who handles his estate, are producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to tell John\u2019s compelling and moving story for quite some time now,\u201d said Newman. \u201cI am thrilled to be partnering with Steve Valentine and Trick Candle Productions to bring this film to life\u2014reminding us that no matter how rough life gets, things can change for the better at any time, at any age, for anybody. Scatman\u2019s motto, \u2018If the Scatman can do it, so can you,\u2019 lives on forever in the hearts of all of us who struggle to achieve the impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valentine added, \u201cToday, more than ever, John\u2019s message resonates and needs to be heard. He was a true legend, tearing down barriers that would have deterred many from attempting to accomplish their dreams. We are excited to work on this project with Lee, and are honored to be bringing Scatman John\u2019s story to the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Malloy\u2019s Trick Candle Productions has picked up the rights to tell the life story of musician John Larkin, known as \u201cScatman John,\u201d in\u00a0Scatman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7258,7259,7260,7261,7262,7263,7264],"class_list":["post-19478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-john-larkin","tag-lee-newman","tag-scatman","tag-scatman-john","tag-steve-valentine","tag-tom-malloy","tag-trick-candle-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trick Candle Productions Acquires Rights to Scatman John Biopic - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trick Candle Productions Acquires Rights to Scatman John Biopic - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom Malloy\u2019s Trick Candle Productions has picked up the rights to tell the life story of musician John Larkin, known as \u201cScatman John,\u201d in\u00a0Scatman.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-30T13:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-30T13:48:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/TrickCandleProductions-ScatmanJohn-0323.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/\",\"name\":\"Trick Candle Productions Acquires Rights to Scatman John Biopic - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-30T13:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-30T13:48:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/trick-candle-productions-acquires-scatman-john-film\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trick Candle Productions Acquires Rights to Scatman John Biopic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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