Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard, his father Eric Wolfhard, and producer Rich Peete are working on a biopic about the Replacements, reports Variety. The three are adapting Bob Mehr’s best-selling biography Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements for the big screen, with the Wolfhards co-writing the screenplay and Peete producing under his Neighborhood Watch banner.
Published in 2016, Trouble Boys takes a definitive approach to how it chronicles the history of the Replacements, from their early days as a Minneapolis punk band to their lasting influence on American alt-rock. Mehr shared some of his biggest takeaways from writing that book in an interview with Pitchfork’s Jeremy Gordon that same year.
In a Variety cover story, Wolfhard revealed he was working with his dad on a music-themed project, but kept the details a secret. “I’ve been writing a lot of music and writing this movie with my dad, which has been really amazing,” Wolfhard said. “It’s about a band that I think weirdly I have a lot in common with, a lot of the members. I can’t really talk about the actual band because I don’t have the rights officially yet.”
Finn Wolfhard and Rich Peete recently worked together on A24’s The Legend of Ochi, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Wolfhard also co-directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the recent horror film Hell of a Summer alongside Billy Bryk. The fifth and final season of Stranger Things hits Netflix on November 26 and will roll out incrementally afterwards.
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