"Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard, his father Eric Wolfhard, and producer Rich Peete are working on a biopic about the Replacements, reports The three are adapting Bob Mehr's best-selling biography Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements for the big screen, with the Wolfhards co-writing the screenplay and Peete producing under his Neighborhood Watch banner. Published in 2016, Trouble Boys takes a definitive approach"
"In a cover story, Wolfhard revealed he was working with his dad on a music-themed project, but kept the details a secret. "I've been writing a lot of music and writing this movie with my dad, which has been really amazing," Wolfhard said. "It's about a band that I think weirdly I have a lot in common with, a lot of the members. I can't really talk about the actual band because I don't have the rights officially yet.""
"Finn Wolfhard and Rich Peete recently worked together on A24's The Legend of Ochi, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Wolfhard also co-directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the recent horror film Hell of a Summer alongside Billy Bryk. The fifth and final season of Stranger Things hits Netflix on November 26 and will roll out incrementally afterwards. Read about at No. 54 in " The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s""
Finn Wolfhard, his father Eric Wolfhard, and producer Rich Peete are co-writing and producing a biopic adaptation of Bob Mehr's 2016 biography Trouble Boys, which chronicles the Replacements. Trouble Boys traces the band from early Minneapolis punk roots to its enduring influence on American alternative rock. Wolfhard has been writing music and developing the movie with his father and feels personal affinity with several band members, but lacks official rights to fully identify the band on record. Wolfhard and Peete recently collaborated on The Legend of Ochi, and Wolfhard directed and produced Hell of a Summer; Stranger Things season five premieres November 26.
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