US EditionA Mama Cass Biopic Starring 'Baby Reindeer' Actress Jessica Gunning Is in the Works
Jessica Gunning stars as Cass Elliot in a biopic exploring the singer’s life, legacy, and her daughter’s quest to clear myths about Elliot’s death at 32.
- Jessica Gunning has been tapped to portray Cass Elliot in My Mama Cass, recently packaged by Veritas Entertainment with Emma Forrest adapting the memoir.
- Adapted from Owen Elliot-Kugell's memoir My Mama Cass, the project centers on Cass Elliot's life and legacy and is described by producers as a definitive film focused on their mother-daughter bond rather than The Mamas & the Papas.
- The press release says the film will follow Owen Elliot-Kugell's effort to correct the record about her mother's death, highlighting the urban legend she choked on a sandwich and the official cause: heart attack.
- Veritas's involvement follows its work on A Complete Unknown and sets up films at Netflix, Paramount, Warner Bros., and Amazon, positioning the project to attract buyers and financiers.
- The film will evoke Laurel Canyon and Cass Elliot's role as a connector in the 1960s Los Angeles music scene, with 'Make Your Own Kind of Music' recently going viral and inspiring a Saturday Night Live parody.
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Baby Reindeer favourite Jessica Gunning to play music icon Mama Cass Elliot in new biopic
The recent music biopic boom appears to be going nowhere any time fast – and Cass Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas is the latest big name star to be confirmed as the subject for an upcoming film.Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning has been cast to play the singer – commonly known as Mama Cass – with the film being adapted from her son Owen Elliot-Kugell’s memoir by screenwriter Emma Forrest. No director is currently attached.The project will repor…
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'Baby Reindeer' star Jessica Gunning to play Mama Cass Elliot in upcoming biopic
Jessica Gunning at 2025 BAFTA Television Awards Hall on May 11, 2025, in London, England. (Lia Toby/Getty Images)| Photo of Mama Cass. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Emmy Award-winning Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning has been cast to play The Mamas & The Papas singer Cass Elliot in the upcoming movie My Mama Cass. The biopic will be based on the bestselling memoir My Mama, Cass, written by Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, with the…
Jessica Gunning To Star As The Mamas & The Papas’ Cass Elliot In ‘My Mama Cass’ From ‘A Complete Unknown’ Producer Veritas Entertainment
Jessica Gunning is set to play iconic musician Cass Elliot in 'My Mama Cass,' a biopic from 'A Complete Unknown's Veritas Entertainment.
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