Justin Timberlake to play ‘70s music executive

Actor-singer Justin Timberlake continues his film career with a role set in an industry he is very familiar with – as music producer Neil Bogart in the biopic Spinning Gold, reports Deadline.

The film traces the life of the highly-successful music producer of the 1960s and ’70s. Founder of the Casablanca record label, Bogart helped propel the music careers of such famous acts as Kiss, Donna Summer, Parliament featuring George Clinton, and the Village People. In 1982, he died of cancer at the age of 39.

The screenplay for Spinning Gold was written by his son Tim Bogart, and will trace the producer’s life, from a poor young man growing up in Brooklyn to his gradual ascent to the top of the music industry. Filming is expected to begin at the end of 2012.

In the meantime, after starring this year with Mila Kunis in the romantic comedy Friends with Benefits, Timberlake can next be seen in the sci-fi thriller In Time, due in theaters October 28.