Bon Jovi is getting the big screen treatment.
Universal has won a bidding war to back a feature film about the rock band behind hits like “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “It’s My Life.”
Newcomer Cody Brotter is writing the screenplay. A director has not been set, nor has casting for the group’s key members, including singer and frontman Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley and bassist Hugh McDonald.
Music-centric biopics have been hugely popular at the box office, with recent hits including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Elvis” and “Bob Marley: One Love.” Not every movie that’s inspired by musicians has connected, with “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” and Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” among recent flops.
More to come…
Source: variety.com
