Midnight Rider director making another film about aging rocker (fictitious this time)
Director Randall Miller, fresh from entering a plea of not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, is trying to get the ball rolling on another film project. Miller is the director of Midnight Rider, an ill-fated biopic of rock musician Gregg Allman that’s been on hold since February, when second camera assistant Sarah Jones died in a freight train accident on the first day of filming. In addition to the involuntary manslaughter charge, Miller is also facing a charge of criminal trespass, a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Jones’ parents, and a personal injury suit from another crewmember hurt in the accident. Naturally wanting to put as much space between himself and Midnight Rider as possible, Miller now hopes to make Slick Rock Trail, a movie about an aging rock star. But this time, it’s a fake one.