\n\tBon Jovi<\/a> are the latest band headed to the big screen. According to Deadline<\/a><\/em>, the New Jersey Rock and Roll Hall of Famers\u2019 story will be told in a biopic from Universal Studios, which reportedly won out in a bidding war over several other suitors.<\/p>\n \n\tThe studio behind the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton<\/em> and the Eminem origin story 8 Mile<\/em> will reportedly have the full participation of band co-founder singer Jon Bon Jovi, as well as access to the group\u2019s 130 million-selling catalog of indelible hits, which includes such classics as \u201cLivin\u2019 on a Prayer,\u201d \u201cYou Give Love a Bad Name,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s My Life,\u201d \u201cWanted Dead or Alive\u201d and \u201cBad Medicine,\u201d among many others.<\/p>\n \n\tThough a director and casting have not yet been announced, the script will be written by Cody Brotter (Killing Satoshi<\/em>, The Dukes of Oxy<\/em>). Producers include Kevin J. Walsh (Manchester By the Sea<\/em>) and Gotham Chopra, whose production shingle was behind the 2024 Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story<\/em>, which featured all the band\u2019s members \u2014\u00a0including singer Bon Jovi chronicling his nearly career-ending vocal issues and subsequent corrective surgery \u2014 and was timed to celebrate the group\u2019s 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to Variety<\/em>, the film will focus on the band\u2019s early years when former Power Station studio gofer Bon Jovi recorded the band\u2019s first single, \u201cRunaway\u201d with some studio players, only to get rejected by all the labels he sent it to. That led to the budding rock star pivoting to hawking the song to rock station DJs in the New York metro area, a number of who bit on the song\u2019s ragged rock charm.<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer, born Jon Bongiovi, retooled his name and formed a band with some fellow Jerseyites, including keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, late bassist Alec John Such and original guitarist Richie Sambora, who performed in the group from 1983 through 2013. The movie will cover those years, leading up to the release of their breakthrough 1986 LP Slippery When Wet<\/em>, which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard<\/em> 200 album chart, launching the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smashes \u201cYou Give Love a Bad Name\u201d and \u201cLivin\u2019 on a Prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe movie, whose release date and shooting schedule have not yet been released, will follow on the heels of last year\u2019s biopic of Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s musical idol, fellow Jersey native Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tBon Jovi released their sixteenth studio album, Forever<\/em>, in 2024 and are gearing up to play their first shows in four years with a run that will kick off with the first of nine gigs at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 7. <\/p>\n
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