Director: KURT COBAIN Biopic Will Be Raw And Chaotic

July 22, 2010

According to The Pulse of Radio, details about the upcoming Kurt Cobain biopic remain scant, but the film's director promises, "It'll be raw and chaotic, which is what Cobain's life was like." Writer-director Oren Moverman tells the U.K.'s Guardian, "People know the shortcut version — he took a lot of heroin, wrote 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', became the biggest rock star in the world and killed himself. Those known things about him are to me the least interesting."

The late NIRVANA singer's widow, Courtney Love, is involved in the making of the film, serving as executive producer. Although rumors have circulated, there's still no word on who will play Cobain. According to Spin.com, Love's manager says the HOLE singer "likes Scarlett Johanssen as an actress and as a person, so it wouldn't surprise me if she wanted her to play her."

The script is written for the film, which is partially based on the biography "Heavier Than Heaven" by Charles R. Cross.

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