Overview
- Universal closed a competitive deal to develop a feature film about Bon Jovi.
- Cody Brotter has been hired to write the screenplay.
- Producers are Kevin J. Walsh and Gotham Chopra, whose Religion of Sports made the 2024 Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight, with Universal’s Jacqueline Garell overseeing.
- The project is authorized, with Jon Bon Jovi involved and the studio granted access to the band’s music library.
- Reporting indicates the narrative will trace the band’s early years through 1986’s Slippery When Wet, and no director or casting has been announced yet.