The planned film was to have told the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd's tragic 1977 plane crash from the perspective – and with the assistance – of former drummer Artimus Pyle.
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, a biopic dramatizing the band's early years and rise to fame, has rounded out its cast, with cameras set to start rolling today.
Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder Gary Rossington will step outside the band later this year with Take It on Faith, the debut offering from his Rossington side project.
Years of hard work and tough touring were finally paying off for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976 — and then it all threatened to come to a literal screeching halt.