Overview
- Universal closed a competitive deal to develop a feature chronicling the New Jersey band’s rise to stadium success.
- Jon Bon Jovi is participating in the project, with access secured to the group’s music library.
- Cody Brotter will write the screenplay, and Universal executive Jacqueline Garell will oversee development.
- Producers are Kevin J. Walsh and Gotham Chopra, whose Religion of Sports made the 2024 Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.
- Reporting indicates the film will center on the formative years through the Slippery When Wet era, with no director or casting announced yet.