It got stuck in development, like the vast majority of films.  It wasn't any unusual failure, just normal movie business (I work in that business so speaking from experience.)  Development is the early stages of filmmaking during which necessary rights are sought, the script is rewritten multiple times (typically) and finalized, financing is worked out and an initial filmmaking team and casting package is put together.  It can take years (in some cases decades.) Tons of stuff can go and usually does go wrong during development.  For The Longest Cocktail Party I know there were reports at the time that they had problems with the script (pretty normal), with getting music rights (potentially fatal for a film about The Beatles) and then Michael Winterbottom, who had been attached, dropped out as director (the dagger often, as getting a movie made depends on having someone with box-office cred attached.)  

You never hear about most projects in development unless you read the industry trades ... but gazillions go by the wayside.

By the way, even among films that get made, about 40% are never released theatrically.  People think it's one thing, but movies are actually an insane business in which big success is truly the exception rather than the rule.  A business built very much on dreams. 

I think Liam went to Cannes in 2010 in part to whip up initial interest in the project (Michael Winterbottom wasn’t attached until 2011) and in part because it was just fun to go to Cannes and play movie producer for a weekend!  Of course, film people can’t resist a rock star any more than anyone else. Liam also showed up briefly in Cannes in 2018 when “As It Was” screened at the market where it was bought by U.S distributor Screen Media. (Cannes is really a massive global film market, as well as the world's major art film competition.)

As for Noel's film which was made to go with his Who Built The Moon album I hope that it will get released one day but of course it remains to be seen.

Well that's just it I don't know and I really wonder if anything will come of it but of course time will tell. 

It’s def for Knebworth.

Nah they left it at that, he was asked about KK and said what the press said about a biopic was totally made up (he's been dismissive of biopics very often on the pod btw) and that they set up companies all the time for various business things
Knebworth was my comment on it

It was called Stranded On The Earth and was just a string of music videos. Several of them already leaked ages ago. All the links I can find now are dead but I believe fabulousbakers recorded them. He may share if you ask nicely and put out on the first date.

They were directed by Mike Bruce though, so don’t get your hopes up too much. They were binned for a reason.

Edit: I believe igotflair has the whole film too. Mike Bruce was unhappy it didn’t get released so leaked a silent version onto Vimeo a year ago, with Noel’s music removed, so you have to sync up the music yourself. What madness.

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Well that certainly isn’t a movie “movie” like the Longest Cocktail Party. I figured this was distorted Noel news.

Oh right thanks for clearing that one up.  So it looks like that's it then for the film but at least I know now. 

Depends on what story you're telling (you can tell the story of their rise and rise and skip the fall, as Supersonic smartly did, or you could even start with their fall and tell a completely different story of brothers divided, or take a wilder, non-linear approach and make it a broader story of the rapidly changing times and the changing meaning of rock and roll success/excess... so many ways to go with such a Shakespearean tale)... but in general, for multiple reasons, biopics tend to work best, and have the best chance to escape the horrible clichés of biopics, when the subject(s) are either very, very old or no longer in this world ... biopics attempted in middle-age are usually jumping the gun.  

I don't want to see actors playing Liam or Noel either, but I'd like to see Liam and Noel try acting