Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Star Reeve Carney Cast as Jeff Buckley in New Biopic

Move over, Penn Badgley. The official biopic about late singer Jeff Buckley -- "official" because the untitled film is being executive produced by Buckley's mother Mary Guibert -- has found its young troubadour: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark star and singer Reeve Carney. How come the relative newcomer wound up leading the highly anticipated biopic of the late singer?

"We are over the moon that Reeve has agreed to take on this challenging role. I've seen him perform several times," Guibert said in a statement about the casting. "[H]e's been getting ready for this all his life. It certainly doesn't hurt that he looks so much like Jeff."

Directed by Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys, Ridley's son) and written by Ryan Jaffe, the untitled film will shoot in November in both New York and Memphis, where Buckley drowned at the age of 30. The film has no connection to Welcome to Tim Buckley, which features Gossip Girl star Badgley in the leading role.

[via Press Release]