Bruce Springsteen is reportedly working on ‘Nebraska’ movie
Influential musician Bruce Springsteen might be gearing up with a feature film based on his album Nebraska.
It has been reported that ‘The Boss’ has a movie in the works about the making of his widely influential 1982 album, Nebraska. The record features the singles ‘Atlantic City’ and ‘Open All Night’ and cuts a different sonic image from his other, more bombastic albums. The tracks were recorded as demos intended to be brought to life fully with the E Street Band until the New Jersey musician decided to release them as they were.
Springsteen and Jon Landau felt that most of the songs were too personal, and their raw folk spirit – which was captured on the 4-track recorder – could not be matched by a full-band treatment. Famously, one song that did not make the cut during the writing process was ‘Born in the U.S.A.’, which would become the title track of the hit album of the same name in 1984.
In an exclusive report on Showbiz 411, sources claim that a movie about the making of Nebraska is now in the works. It is reported that the writer and director of Crazy Heart, Scott Cooper – who also helmed Black Mass – is attached with Springsteen consulting.
Elsewhere, the publication World of Reel states that the film will likely be adapted from Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. It claims Cooper will be working on the screenplay from it, with Zanes exploring Bruce Springsteen’s mentality at the time of the album’s recording.
In other Bruce Springsteen news, in November last year, he joined John Mellencamp on stage in New York at the ‘Stand Up For Heroes’ event. This followed him postponing his planned tour dates in September due to his ongoing struggle with peptic ulcer disease. He will be touring in March.
Listen to Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen below.
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