Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The story of Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is being steered toward a screen adaptation, with Universal having optioned the rights to the singer’s bestselling memoir, “Scar Tissue.” Kiedis himself has been set as a producer on the project along with Brian Grazer, representing Imagine Entertainment, and Guy Oseary, who took over management duties for the Chili Peppers in 2021.
Kiedis was represented in the deal by CAA, Oseary, and Eric Greenspan at Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light LLP.
Universal’s announcement reports that Jay Polidoro, the studio’s executive VP pf production development, will oversee the project.
The studio is promising an adaptation of the book that will be “a shockingly candid portrait of an artist, addict, and ringleader” and contains “a deeply unconventional father and son story set against a substance-fueled ’70s and ’80s L.A.
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