Renowned Irish rockers U2 are to be the subject of an upcoming television series, spearheaded by director J.J. Abrams in a collaboration with Bad Robot Productions. Allegedly, the show will be written by Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten. U2 themselves will reportedly be directly involved with the project.
Netflix and J.J. Abrams’ company are making a TV series about U2. https://t.co/nfTHDiIKXI
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The news comes a few months after Bono and co. announced that their next album was underway, and in addition, the release of a new song entitled “Your Song Saved My Life”, a tune that marked the band’s first material in two years, and features on the soundtrack to SING 2. The film also saw lead singer Bono make his animated screen debut as Clay Calloway, a rockstar lion. Prior to this, the singer’s only appearance in films had been as himself in documentaries, although he did appear in the beloved Sacha Baron Cohen film Brüno.
In years prior, the band have been the subject of numerous films and documentaries, such as the 2011 documentary From The Sky Down, the 2008 live performance film U2 3D, and 1988’s Rattle and Hum, which is a hybrid live/studio album by the band.
The ”Where The Streets Have No Name” quartet announced some details of their forthcoming new album, with guitarist The Edge stating in a November interview with NME: “We are firmly locked in the tower of song and working away on a bunch of new things,” he said. “I’m just having so much fun writing and not necessarily having to think about where it’s going to go. It’s more more about enjoying the experience of writing and having no expectations or limitations on the process.” He added, regarding prospective producers: “I so enjoyed working with [Dutch DJ] Martin Garrix [on the UEFA Euro 2020 song ‘We Are The People’] and I hope to work with him in the future. But we haven’t made any firm decisions on what the next thing will be in terms of personnel. I just don’t know.”
Presently, only a small amount of information regarding this forthcoming television series is known, with information initially being divulged primarily by The Hollywood Reporter.
