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This last weekend, there was a Johnny Ramone tribute at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery where Rob Zombie played, because apparently the two became friends that time The Ramones were touring around White Zombie (if all of this has been foreign to you, know there's one of your peers feeling really old for knowing exactly what I'm talking about). Anyway, Jeff Jampol, a man whose name you can quickly forget, co-manages the band's estate and with the recent death of Tommy, the last surviving Ramone, Jampol is ready to re-orient the brand around the entire band as a group (rather than honoring the individual members).

Jampol isn't any slouch, he also reps the estates of The Doors, Janis Joplin, Tupac (thank you for the hologram, Mr. Jampol), and Otis Redding, and has a grand plan for the future of the Ramones brand.

Billboard reports:

“The 40th anniversary of the Ramones is...

Martin Scorsese will direct a biopic on iconic New York punk band The Ramones.

The Oscar-winning Wolf of Wall Street director is attached to make a narrative feature about the group as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of their first record, 1976's Ramones. A screenwriter is yet to be hired.

Scorsese is currently working on drama Silence, due for release in 2015.

Jeff Jampol and Dave Frey, who co-manage The Ramones' estate, will also be overseeing a documentary featuring unseen band footage shot by George Seminara in the '70s and '80s, a theatrical play and a book.

"Everybody is cooperating and moving in one direction together as a team," Jampol told Billboard.

The Ramones formed in 1974 in New York's Forest Hills, Queens neighbourhood and produced 14 studio albums in a career spanning 30 years.

Tommy Ramone, who founded the group alongside Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone, passed away earlier this year.