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The rumors have been confirmed and fans of Aussie rockers INXS can finally get another taste of the former front man and longhaired heartthrob Michael Hutchence. The lead singer, who recorded 12 albums with the group until his death in 1997, was said to be the spirit of INXS – a position that cannot be replaced (although they tried with the CBS reality TV talent search “Rock Star: INXS”).
It is that spirit that director Nick Egan will attempt to capture in his biopic on the star, currently titled Slide Away after a posthumous duet that paired Hutchence with U2’s Bono. Egan, a personal friend of Hutchence and director of many of the band’s music videos, was originally hesitant to take on the project. Producer Clark Westerman (Pretty, Baby, Machine/I, Lucifer) convinced Egan after five years of deliberation saying, “Somebody else is going to do it, and they are not going to do it as well as you would because you knew him so well.”
Egan has joined forces with screenwriters Chester Hastings and Dean McCreary (Remembering Venice) and A-listers Johnny Depp, Hayden Christensen and Eric Bana have been rumored to be “in talks”. No stranger to the music industry, Egan has previously worked with Motley Crue, Oasis, Alanis Morissette, Mick Jagger, Duran Duran and Hutchence’s ex Kylie Minogue. Coming from a prestigious production company (Propaganda/Satellite) at a time where music video directors are seamlessly shifting to the big screen, Egan has a lot going for him, but for fans of INXS and Michael Hutchence expectations are excessively high.
