Netflix Announces David Gilmour Biopic: A 2026 Psychedelic Epic with More Echoes Than Dialogue
In a shocking announcement that has guitar strings vibrating in excitement across the globe, Netflix revealed it is producing a full-blown biopic centered on none other than Pink Floyd’s spiritual frontman and human delay pedal, David Gilmour. Set to premiere in 2026, the film promises soaring solos, prolonged stares into the distance, and at least 14 minutes of a man walking across a beach in slow motion. Think Bohemian Rhapsody—but with more reverb and fewer hugs.
Tentatively titled Comfortably Numb: The Gilmour Chronicles, the film is being helmed by an arthouse director whose only previous credit is a three-hour silent documentary on moss. “We want to capture the mood of Gilmour’s solos,” the director explained. “Which means the first 45 minutes will be a single note, played very slowly, as the camera pans over the Cambridge countryside.”
Casting has reportedly gone rogue. Netflix is allegedly in talks with Oscar Isaac to play Gilmour, despite the actor not knowing how to play guitar. “We’ll teach him how to stare into a mixing console for hours,” said one producer. “That’s 70% of the role.” Meanwhile, a CGI Syd Barrett is rumored to make a ghostly cameo—because what’s a Pink Floyd story without at least one psychedelic hallucination?
The film’s plot will trace Gilmour’s life from his birth in a cloud of analog mist to his recruitment into Pink Floyd as the band’s emotional support lead guitarist. Audiences can expect dramatic reenactments of studio arguments, gear obsession montages, and the historical moment when Gilmour realized he could bend one note for 38 bars and still make grown men cry.
Fans are buzzing about the soundtrack, which will include newly orchestrated versions of classics like “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” performed entirely on wine glasses and wind chimes. “We want to reflect Gilmour’s deep connection to sound, space, and expensive tonewood,” said the film’s music consultant, who has been living in a converted speaker cabinet since 2019.
Netflix has promised an emotional climax where Gilmour climbs a mountain to find inner peace, only to discover a perfectly preserved Stratocaster buried in snow. He plugs it into the northern lights and plays a solo so powerful it rewrites time, reuniting Pink Floyd and The Beatles in an alternate universe. “It’s not historically accurate,” one writer admitted, “but neither was Rocketman.”
The announcement has drawn mixed reactions online. Some fans are excited, while others are demanding a Roger Waters cameo where he critiques the entire film in real-time from the corner of the screen. “We thought about including him,” said the producer, “but then we’d have to turn it into a legal drama.”
Until 2026, fans will have to be content with speculating, arguing on Reddit, and slow-playing Echoes on their kitchen speakers. One thing’s for sure: this biopic will either be a cinematic masterpiece—or the longest guitar solo ever captured on film. Either way, Gilmour wouldn’t have it any other way.
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