Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis is Next on the Music Biopic Train, with Universal Optioning the Film

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers popularity is the most current to appear on the music biopic train, with Universal Pictures optioning the rights to a function movie job based upon Kiedis’ New York Times bestseller “Scar Tissue.” Brian Grazer will produce the movie through Imagine Entertainment, together with Kiedis, and Guy Oseary, who has actually handled the Chili Peppers considering that 2021.

The book supplies an honest take a look at Kiedis as the frontman of Red Hot Chili Peppers, as an artist, and as an addict. Set versus the drug-fueled Los Angeles punk scene of the 1970s and 1980s,”Scar Tissuerepresents an “non-traditional father-and-son story,” and how Kiedis’ experiences caused the music accepted by countless fans worldwide.

Universal assures an adjustment of the book offering “a shockingly honest picture of an artist, addict, and ringleader,” and a story that takes a look at “without judgement, how all of his experiences formed (the band’s) music.” The book was launched in 2004, composed by Kiedis with Larry Sloman, and was a New York Times bestseller.

Born in Grand Rapids, MI, Anthony Kiedis transferred to Los Angeles when he was 12, offering an early direct exposure to the LA music scene and assisting lay the structure for his music profession. He co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983 with guitar player Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea (Michael Balzary), and drummer Jack Irons. Kiedis’ energetic phase existence, paired with the band’s combination of funk, punk, and rock, quickly acquired the band a dedicated fan base.

Red Hot Chili Peppers has actually had 9 Top 10 albums, 15 No. 1 Modern Rock songs, and 6 Grammy Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. The band is arranged to play dates set up from late May through late July, consisting of headlining looks at Bonaroo in June.