EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is near a deal for Shout It Out Loud, a film package that aspires to do for the iconic hard rock band KISS what Bohemian Rhapsody did for Queen.
According to sources, Netflix is tying up a deal after a bidding battle for a film that will be directed by Joachim Rønning, the Norwegian filmmaker whose credits include Kon-Tiki, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
A script is in place by Ole Sanders, and an earlier draft by W. Blake Herron. Pic will be a co-production of Mark Canton’s Atmosphere Entertainment and Universal Music Group.Shout It Out Loud will have the close cooperation from bandleaders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
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