Christopher England <...> said:

Is my mind deceiving me or weren't there rumours about such a project
some year(s) ago?

Or was that a different one?

I think it was a different one. The one a few years ago was based on Radio 270. It was going to have Richard E Grant playing the lead role, but I don't think they came up with the funds needed to make it.

http://www.richard-e-grant.com/archives/851