Jeremy Allen White to play Bruce Springsteen in 'boss' biopic
Entitled Deliver Me From Nowhere, the film will tell the story of the making of “Nebraska”, the sixth album by the American singer.
Every day has its own musical biopic. After the one dedicated to Prince, it is the Boss which should be told on the big screen. Bruce Springsteen will be entitled to a film about his life. And it's Jeremy Allen Whiteseries star thanks to The Bear And Shamelesswhich should go under the bandana.
The actor is in discussions to play Bruce Springsteen in this musical film, which will chronicle the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska,” according to Variety.
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No deal has been finalized yet, but Scott Cooper is set to write the script and director for the westerns Hostiles And The Pale Blue Eye (with Christian Bale) should even direct the project, which will be called Deliver Me From Nowhere, adapted from the eponymous book by Warren Zanes, which described the Making of from the album Nebraska.
Deliver Me From Nowhere will follow Bruce Springsteen and the journey behind the production of this sixth studio album, a collection of dark, stripped-down songs that marked a new artistic direction for the boss. Springsteen had recorded Nebraska on a four-track cassette in his bedroom in New Jersey, a few years before its release Born in the USA.
The film does not yet have a release date.