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Wait--choke back that vomit. We're making shit up. Speculating doom, if you will. Only half of that title is true.
Charles Cross' 2001 biography of Kurt Cobain actually is being adapted for the big screen. By highly-anticipated The Kite Runner and Wolverine screenwriter David Benioff, no less. (Aside: Seattlest once met Benioff at an Austin bar, while unsuccessfully schmoozing with Hollywood types. Before we knew better, we asked him, "Are you a writer, too?" Ha.) And hey, guess who's already attached as executive producer?
Courtney Love, of course.
No, this film won't be anything like the mesmeric, uncoercive Kurt Cobain About a Son (held over at the Varsity through Thursday). There's no budget or director attached at this point, but with Universal Pictures behind the project, we're assuming it'll be a Big Melodic Biopic, a la Ray and Walk the Line.
Hey--isn't it a bit early for this kind of crap?
Actually, no. It's been over 13 years since Kurt died, 15 since Nirvana's first salad days. Ray Charles departed just months before his titular film won raves in 2004. And the Johnny Cash-via-Joaquin Phoenix movie came only a couple of years after the Man in Black's death.
The real question relates to casting. Who'll play Kurt, Dave, Krist, et al? Who'll play Courtney? (Herself!) But there are other big ones, too: How about music rights? And how, exactly, does Courtney Love want to exploit the cultural enigma that is her late husband?
Other than her blessing, Love bestowed nothing upon the low-wattage About a Son and had no stake in its release. But this time, with a major studio and major above-the-line talent involved, she'll receive an official EP credit. (Credit = Paycheck.) Celeb rehab and mommyhood must be a lot more expensive than we laypeople realize.
(With that, we'll stop our Love-bashing. We don't want to be anything like this guy.)
A film based on Heavier than Heaven could actually be very good if placed in the right director's hands. (First top-of-our-head nomination: Paul Thomas Anderson.) It'll be a plus if Charles Cross has any input. (Other than his book's rights, we haven't yet read that he'll be involved.) But if done by an insensitive, grunge-era-ignorant filmmaker, the work could be total crap.
We can't guess where it'll fall this early in the creative game. But we certainly will vomit if some Efron-type--sickenly, he could physically mimic Kurt with little effort, and, oh shit, he sings, and, um, is the right age, fuck--assumes the gifted, tortured, fragile title role.
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Wes Anderson directs (flannel would look TERRIFIC with his eye). Bill Murray as Kurt. Owen Wilson as Courtney. Anjelica Huston as Kim Warnick.
Jim Henson directs. Kermit as Kurt. Miss Piggy as Courtney. Animal as Dave Grohl. Fozzie as Krist.
No, I got it.
Alexandro Jodorowsky directs and stars. Verne Troyer (Mini Me) as The Wind and Sails.
But my real vision is this:
Robert Zemeckis directs. Brad Pitt as the voice of Kurt (CGI). Jolie as the voice of Courtney (CGI). Brad Garrett as the voice of Krist (CGI). Dakota Fanning as Girl Entering Grunge DreamWorld in Search of the Real Christmas (live action).
FremontVW, you have thought about this waaaaaay too much.
Not really.
But if Cameron Crowe directs: Matt Dillon is Kurt, Brigid Fonda is Courtney, Campbell Scott is Dave Grohl, Nancy Wilson is Nancy Wilson, and the corner of 19th Ave. E and Thomas is The Center of the World.
But wow, Monster as Dave Grohl is just awesome.
Umm how bout kevin smith directing johnny depp as kurt, a bald coked out briteny spears as courteny, dr phil for krist,and monster again as dave.
Mr. Tumnus (James McAvoy) is now rumored to play Kurt. Maybe there's hope for a live-action Monster/Dave.
i would die for that role. i look like curt dead on.
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ARE YOU FUCKING IDIOTS? MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT CURT COBANE? FOR FUCK SAKE WHAT A GRAVE INSULT! HOW THE HELL COULD COURTNY AND REST OF THE BAND AGREE TO THIS.. I JUST CANT BELIVE IT. FUCKING MOROONS U DESTROYED THE ONLY THING THATS GOOD IN THIS WORLD
there's nothing wrong with making a movie about Kurt...
if u feel as though it is... that's ur opinion, man. I personally don't know how that could be insulting to kurt. They're trying to honor him-not disgrace him.
Havin zac efron as kurt (in my opinion) would b an insult...
Joe Anderson should play Kurt
Makayla:
Zac Efron CANNOT play Kurt, it would be a disgrace to humanity!especially Kurt.
Me:
I COMPLETELY agree! if they cast Zac, a bunch of little 10 year olds who don't even know who Kurt is will have a crush on him just because Zac played him!
Totally right! Zac is ugly and he can't play Kurt! I know someone and she HATES music like Nirvana but she LOVES Zac Efron she would watch the movie and say it's great but she would have no idea who Kurt Cobain is. I hate her
this is purely an insult to everyone who enjoys the deep tones of grunge in 10 different ways
1.Zac Efron is too gay to even attempt to embody a legend like Kurdt Cobain
2.Zac Efron is too well know and looks nothing like Kurdt Cobain
3.We all know Courtney Love and Dave Ghrol killed Cobain
4.If we were meant to know the lives of musicians and stars they would tell us
5.It would seriously mock everything that lovers of real music stand for
6.Aren't we all waiting to see how MTV would destroy fact in a movie about him?
7.If you are that interested in knowing about his life BUY HIS JOURNALS
8.The band is probably not getting paid for this
9.It is probably another ploy to get drug money for Courtney Love
10.Why must we insist on mooching money off of dead anti-social icons when we have alive emo icons we can mooch off of uil hopefully they kill themselves instead of just talking about it?
Dudes. It was a joke. (Though probably not out of the realm of possibility.)
And demonking: Where do you think your money goes when you BUY HIS JOURNALS?
Ugh are you serious how could you
Compare zac efron to Kurt Cobain it's not right
you might as well spit on his grave zac is too gay
for a part like that he's not even lefthanded how
can you play as Kurt and not be left handed it
makes no sence
"Joe Anderson should play Kurt"
Holy shit, good call.
"Zac Efron is too gay to even attempt to embody a legend like Kurdt Cobain"
Kurt had latent gay tendencies for most of his life, so a gay actor wouldn't be far from the mark. Oh, wait—you were probably using "gay" as an invective, which Kurt absolutely hated.
"We all know Courtney Love and Dave Ghrol killed Cobain"
Really! I was under the impression that it was a bullshit conspiracy theory cooked up by misogynists and people unwilling to accept that their idol would commit suicide, despite the fact that such an act was blatantly telegraphed throughout his music, his art, and his family history.