'Looking' Director to Take On Alexander McQueen Biopic

Andrew Haigh, the director behind HBO's now-canceled dramedy "Looking," has found his next project: A biopic about the late fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, Deadline reports.

The film's screenplay will be written by Chris Urch, who wrote the "The Rolling Stone," which just opened in London to excellent reviews. Andrew Wilson's McQueen biography "Blood Beneath the Skin" has been optioned by producer Damian Jones, but the book will likely be used as research material for Urch.

Haigh's first break out film was the 2011 gay romantic drama "Weekend." More recently, Haigh directed "45 Years," starring Charlotte Rampling, who earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

McQueen took his own life in 2010 when he was 40. He created clothes for Prince Charles and Mikhael Gorbachev, wardrobes for David Bowie's 1996-1997 tours, and later developed a close relationship with Lady Gaga.

"Openly gay, McQueen's growing fame and fortune also witnessed an increase in drug dependence as well as a slew of failed relationships. He committed suicide in 2010, nine days after his mother Joyce had died of cancer," Deadline writes.

The biopic is expected to go into production by the end of 2016.