‘Starvation Video games’ Director Francis Lawrence Helming Elegant Biopic at Sony – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: One of many 90s greatest music acts is getting the biopic therapy from Hollywood as a brand new movie on fashionable rock band Sublime is in improvement Sony Photos with Starvation Video games helmer Francis Lawrence hooked up to direct. Sony’s 3000 Pictures, Chernin Leisure, about:clean, Dave Kaplan, and Peter Paterno are creating the movie, with Kaplan and and Paterno being a driving power behind the property for years and performed an enormous half in placing the items collectively.

Ozark scribe Chris Mundy is writing the script, with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Prepared producing for Chernin Leisure together with Lawrence from about:clean and Kaplan of Surfdog/DKM and Paterno of KHPS producing. Elegant band members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, Troy Nowell and Jakob Nowell on behalf of Bradley Nowell’s property, and Surfdog/DKM’s Scott Seine are govt producing. Cameron MacConomy is govt producing for about:clean.

“Wow — we are able to’t consider that is lastly occurring and we couldn’t be extra honored and excited to have the good Francis Lawrence and Chris Mundy telling our story. We’re so grateful to Peter Paterno and Dave Kaplan/Surfdog for his or her years of persistence and imaginative and prescient in getting this movie going and grateful to Sony’s 3000 Photos and Chernin Leisure for believing in us and getting it on the large display screen,” mentioned Elegant’s Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, together with Bradley’s widow Troy Nowell and son Jake Nowell.  “We all know Bradley’s expertise and spirit will probably be a part of this unbelievable journey.”

The laid-back Lengthy Seashore trio Elegant spawned a whole style—fusing reggae grooves, punk grittiness, ska vitality, again porch folks introspection, and hip-hop swagger. The broad enchantment of Elegant’s music made them a family title, a milestone uniquely reached solely after the premature passing of lead singer Bradley Nowell. “What I Received,” “Santeria,” “Improper Means,” and “Doin’ Time” endure as revolutionary staples from the ’90s different growth with continued radio airplay and large business success 30 years after they first hit the airwaves. The music stays timeless – bringing collectively an expansive neighborhood of listeners and passionate followers from all throughout the musical spectrum, cementing Elegant as a cultural staple that continues to dwell on and attain new audiences.

“We’re thrilled Elegant’s insanely cool and necessary story will lastly be informed,” mentioned supervisor Dave Kaplan.  “They had been fearless and pioneering in bringing collectively so many musical genres, cultures, and life throughout their brief time as a band, and their music remains to be influencing musicians and artists to this present day. Peter Paterno and I spent the final 6 years trying to find the correct companions and we’re pinching ourselves with this “Dream Workforce” of Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva at 3000 Photos, Francis Lawrence, Chris Mundy and the Chernin of us and may’t wait to see this movie get made.”

Marisa Paiva is overseeing the challenge for 3000 Photos. Jamie Spetner, Director of Improvement at Chernin Leisure, has been integral to the challenge and can oversee for Chernin.

Lawrence has been fairly the in demand director as he isn’t solely readying the discharge of Netflix’ Slumberland starring Jason Momoa and is in manufacturing on The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, he additionally just lately signed on to direct Netflix’s Bioshock adaptation.

Mundy has been nominated 5 occasions for an Emmy Award for the critically acclaimed sequence Ozark, for which he was the showrunner and govt producer.  His different writing credit embrace Bloodline and Low Winter Solar.

Lawrence is repped by CAA, Three Arts,  Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox, L.L.P and ID. Mundy is repped by CAA, Grandview, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox, L.L.P. Elegant is repped by Peter Paterno & Joe Carlone for King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP.