Disney’s Got a Big New Project Coming With Bruce Springsteen, And Hopefully Many More

There must be someone at the Walt Disney Company who has a deep love of all things New Jersey. Either they grew up there or have an undying appreciation for the Garden State; it’s the only explanation for the recent projects that have gotten a green light at Walt Disney Studios.

Earlier this year, Disney announced that it was developing a four-part documentary series about Bon Jovi’s career. Sure, that’s big for New Jersey, but not nearly as big as what Disney announced this week.

Actor Jeremy Allen White, who plays Carmine Berzatto on Hulu’s award-winning series The Bear, is set to play Bruce Springsteen in the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. The film chronicles the making of the Boss’s classic album, Nebraska.

Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Studios will produce and distribute the film. Amazingly enough, this is the first film based on Bruce Springsteen’s life and will only chronicle the making of the 1982 album.

David Greenbaum, president of Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios, said in a statement: 

It is a once-in-a-lifetime honor to be collaborating with Bruce Springsteen, an inspiring and incomparable artist who represents so much to so many. The deep authenticity of his story is in great hands with my friend Scott Cooper, whom I am thrilled to be collaborating with once again.

The film will be based on Warren Zanes’s book Deliver Me From Nowhere. Bruce Springsteen and his longtime manager and producer, Jon Landau, will also be involved in the project.

Jeremy Allen White is fresh from cleaning up this award’s seasons for his portrayal of Carmie Berzatto in season two of The Bear. This year, he won an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy.

More to Come

Anytime Disney is in talks with a rocker about a movie, there is also speculation about bringing that person to the parks. After announcing the Bon Jovi documentary, Disney fans hoped that the Jersey rockers would be taking over the Rock’ n’ Roller Coaster from Aerosmith.

When Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour was coming to Disney+, speculation started that she might take over the Hollywood Studios ride. 

Disney World has a significant problem with the Rock’ n’ Roller Coaster, and it’s Aerosmith. Multiple women of sexual misconduct have accused Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Many believe that Disney would use the 2023 shutdown to strip Aerosmith and Steven Tyler from the ride in favor of another band.

So, with Disney and 20th Century Studios set to release their Bruce Springsteen biopic, which will undoubtedly be a success thanks to the Boss’s legioBoss’sdevoted fans, this would be the perfect opportunity for Disney World to bring in Bruce to take over for Aerosmith.

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