J.J. Abrams’ Dangerous Robotic Productions is reportedly growing a scripted Netflix collection about U2. Anthony McCarten, who penned the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will write the present.
Based on The Hollywood Reporter, U2 are “anticipated to be concerned and sanction” the as-yet-untitled undertaking, a part of Dangerous Robotic’s general take care of Warner Bros. Tv. Representatives for Netflix, Warners and Dangerous Robotic declined the publication’s requests for remark.
McCarten is a logical selection for the collection, given his work on Bohemian Rhapsody: The movie gained 4 Academy Awards, together with Finest Actor (Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury), and was nominated for Finest Image. His different biopic tasks embody 2014’s The Theory of Everything, 2017’s Darkest Hour and 2019’s The Two Popes.
Whereas plot particulars for the U2 present are at present unknown, McCarten may have loads of materials to work with: The Irish quartet emerged from Dublin in 1976, releasing their debut album, Boy, 4 years later. Since then, they’ve grown into stadium rock stars whereas experimenting throughout 13 extra studio LPs.
U2 issued their newest report, Songs of Expertise, in 2017. That very same yr, they launched a tour marking the thirtieth anniversary of their acclaimed album The Joshua Tree; the band revived the trek in late 2019 for a run in Oceania and Asia, wrapping in mid-December that yr.
In November 2021, U2 launched a brand new observe, “Your Music Saved My Life,” as a part of the soundtrack to the animated movie Sing 2. Six months earlier, they issued “We Are the Individuals,” a collaboration with Dutch DJ Martin Garrix.
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U2 do not encourage weak reactions in folks. There are passionate U2 followers, and passionate U2 haters, and little or no in between.
