Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Thank You For Smoking and the shit remake of The Wicker Man) will play Dennis Wilson in a forthcoming movie.

Director Randal Miller and screenwriter Jody Savin are behind the biopic of the troubled Beach Boys member which is expected to start shooting in June. Titled The Drummer, the film will centre on Wilson's six-year love affair with Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. McVie is to be played by Acadamy Award nominated actress Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air, Orphan).

The story of Dennis Wilson seems ripe for the biopic treatment. The rock star, afflicted by drink and drug problems and a dubious connection to the so-called Manson Family, drowned in Marina del Ray in 1983.