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EXCLUSIVE: In his first main movie mission since leaving as Netflix Film boss, Scott Stuber has teamed with Ellen Goldsmith Vein to make a movie about The Boss. Scott Cooper is writing to direct Deliver Me From Nowhere, a story function about Bruce Springsteen and the lengthy effort to place collectively his seminal Nebraska album, which began to take form as he and the E Street Band have been laying down tracks for his large hit album Born within the USA. It’s an adaptation of the Warren Zanes guide printed final 12 months.

The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is best choice to play Springsteen and talks are underway with A24 to make the movie. Negotiations haven’t begun with the actor, who would head to New Jersey for a fall shoot after the Emmy-winner finishes Season 4 of The Bear in June. As we’ve realized, Springsteen’s big stardom and standing because the premiere lyricist and melody maker over many years is belied with the non-public circumstances of an upbringing with a father who suffered from despair, one thing Springsteen battled additionally.

Springsteen and his supervisor Jon Landau are actively concerned within the mission, and extra particulars might be forthcoming. The Boss has written or lent songs for films that spoke to him and he received the Oscar for Best Original Song for Streets of Philadelphia in 1994. He has made films about particular albums which he has directed with Thom Zimny. But that is new floor for the star.