Moverman in Hollywood’s Utero

Come to think of it, Ben Foster not only has a beach blond fro, but he could have the same temperament that Cobain had. If you happen to see Foster switch from an army buzz cut to something a tad bit longer then you could begin the rumor mill — as Universal is looking to hire Oren Moverman to rework Kurt Cobain biopic draft that David Benioff filed in three years back. If Moverman’s debut film The Messenger proved anything, it’s his ability to “hold” a scene and make his players flex their dramatic muscles – exactly what one might need for such a complex, tragi-biopic. THR’s Risky Business reports that a film project based on “Heavier Than Heaven” may be the filmmaker’s sophomore project.

Partly based on the biography written by Charles Cross – the author had access to Cobain’s unpublished diaries as well as Cobain’s friends and family members, this is about Cobain at the time he formed Nirvana in 1987 with bassis Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. Led by Cobain’s growling delivery, inventive guitar work and lyrics that appealed to a disaffected young generation, Nirvana ushered in the Seattle grunge music movement in the early ‘90s with hits like “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Cobain’s life was marked by depression and drug use, and he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1994, leaving behind his wife and a daughter.

Gus Van Sant and A.J. Schnack have both contributed to exploring some of the demons that ate away at Cobain, but this would be the first film to feature some of his music in the forefront. On a different topic, Ryan Gosling was once attached to the project.