According to Deadline, Netflix is close to securing a deal for the upcoming KISS biopic “Shout It Out Loud”. The film 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”. The script is written by Ole Sanders.
“Shout It Out Loud”, which will have close cooperation from bandleaders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, will be a co-production of Mark Canton‘s Atmosphere Entertainment and Universal Music Group. The film will be produced by Canton through his Atmosphere Entertainment, Leigh Ann Burton through Opus 7, Courtney Solomon, David Blackman and Jody Gerson through Universal Music Group, KISS‘s longtime manager Doc McGhee through his McGee Entertainment, Rønning, and Simmons and Stanley. Atmosphere‘s Dorothy Canton and David Hopwood are the executive producers.
More than a year ago,KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer said that the band was also working on a “definitive” documentary which will include “rare and compelling” KISS-related media submitted by the group’s fans.
KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 but was forced to put it on hold last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“End Of The Road” was originally scheduled to conclude on July 17, 2021 in New York City but is now expected to last well into 2022.
KISS‘s current lineup consists of original members Stanley and Simmons, alongside later band additions, Thayer (since 2002) and drummer Eric Singer (on and off since 1991).
Formed in 1973 by Stanley, Simmons, drummer Peter Criss and lead guitarist Ace Frehley, KISS staged its first “farewell” tour in 2000, the last to feature the group’s original lineup.
Netflix previously had rock-biopic success with MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s “The Dirt”, which premiered in March 2019. An adaptation of the book of the same name about the iconic rock band, it had been in the works since 2003. It was previously set up at Paramount and Focus Features before Netflix picked it up in 2017.
“The Dirt”, which reportedly cost more than $20 million to produce, currently has a 38% critic score from 72 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the online review aggregation service that allows both critics and the public to rate movies. The same site has an 94% audience score for “The Dirt” from more than 6,000 reviews.
