20th Century Studios and Disney will produce and distribute the film, which is based on the book “Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska” by Warren Zanes.
20th Century has closed an agreement to finance and release Deliver Me from Nowherethe movie that Scott Cooper is writing to direct with the Emmy-winning star of The Bear, Jeremy Allen WhiteInterpreting Bruce Springsteen at a crucial moment in his life.
20th Century Studios and Disney will produce and distribute the film, which is based on the book “Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska” of Warren Zanes. Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau are involved, with Cooper writing and directing.
What the movie about Bruce Springsteen will be about
Dealing with personal demons and trying to become a global superstar. Springsteen wrote and recorded Nebraska, the 1982 album that rivals Blue by Joni Mitchell as one of the most emotionally raw, dark and honest albums in recent music history. The film will reflect this period in the musician’s life.
Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Maze Runner trilogy), Eric Robinson, Cooper, Zanes and Scott Stuber are producers. Production on the film is expected to begin this spring.
“It is a once-in-a-lifetime honor to collaborate with Bruce Springsteen, an inspiring and incomparable artist who means so much to so many people,” David Greenbaum, president of Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios, said in a statement. “The deep authenticity of his story is in excellent hands with my friend Scott Cooper, with whom I am delighted to collaborate once again.”
“‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ by Warren Zanes is one of the best books ever written about Bruce Springsteen and his music,” added Landau, Springsteen’s former manager and occasional producer. “Bruce and I are delighted that Scott Cooper has chosen to write and direct the film based on that book; We believe he is the perfect filmmaker for the job.”
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