LOS ANGELES, April 16 (UPI) -- The WB Network announced Friday it will film an original movie about the life of rock icon Kurt Cobain, the Hollywood Reporter said.
The movie will be based on Charles Cross' 2001 book "Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain."
Robert Munic has been commissioned to write the script for the film, which could premier as early as next season. No casting or director is attached.
"The day Kurt Cobain died was the day the music died for a generation," WB senior VP original movies Tana Nugent Jamieson says. "His story is perfect for our audience."
The film will trace the icon's troubled youth to his pioneering role in the emergence of grunge music as the lead singer of Nirvana. The film, like the book it's based on, will detail Cobain's bouts with depression and drug abuse as well as his turbulent relationship with rocker wife Courtney Love.
