Pitchfork: New Kurt Cobain Film in the Works

One wonders what he'd make of all the fuss we still make over him: according to Variety.com (via The Daily Swarm), Universal Pictures has snapped up the rights to Heavier Than Heaven, Charles Cross' 2001 biography of late Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain. The film will be scripted by Troy/25th Hour screenwriter David Benioff, and co-executive-produced by Cobain's widow Courtney Love.

Relatively little is known about the film beyond the aforementioned nuts and bolts, and there's still no word on whether they've locked down rights to any of the Cobain catalogue for use in the film. The Heavier Than Heaven book utilized Cobain's unpublished diaries and interviews with Cobain's friends and family members, so expect the film to cut particularly deep.

In other Cobain/Nirvana news, Unplugged's getting a DVD, Kurt's (been) on a lunchbox, and this won't be the only Kurt Cobain film you'll see in the not too distant future.