Sublime Biopic Greenlit by Sony With ‘Hunger Games’ Filmmaker Francis Lawrence Directing

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“What I Got” and “Santeria” became breakthrough chart-toppers and made Sublime one of the most successful bands of the decade.Lawrence will also produce with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Ready from Chernin Entertainment, Dave Kaplan of Surfdog/DKM and Peter Paterno of KHPS.

Wilson and Gaugh will be executive producers on the film with Nowell’s wife and son, Troy and Jakob. Scott Seine and Cameron MacConomy will also be executive producers. “Wow — we can’t believe this is finally happening and we couldn’t be more honored and excited to have the great Francis Lawrence and Chris Mundy telling our story.

We are so grateful to Peter Paterno and Dave Kaplan/Surfdog for their years of persistence and vision in getting this film going and thankful to Sony’s 3000 Pictures and Chernin Entertainment for believing in us and getting it on the big screen,” said Sublime and Nowell’s family in a statement. “We know Bradley’s talent and spirit will be part of this incredible journey.”“We’re thrilled Sublime’s insanely cool and important story will finally be told,” manager Dave Kaplan said.  “They were fearless and pioneering in bringing together so many musical genres, cultures, and lifestyles during their short time as a band, and their music is still influencing musicians and artists to this day.