Netflix is on the verge of closing a deal for
Shout It Out Loud, a KISS biopic that will be directed by
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director
Joachim Rønning. KISS band members
Gene Simmons and
Paul Stanley will provide “close cooperation” for the project, which will “focus on that duo going back to when they were two misfit kids from Queens who formed an unlikely friendship.”
Deadline has the scoop that the KISS biopic
Shout It Out Loud is destined for Netflix. Per the report, “Netflix is tying up a deal after a bidding battle” for the film, which will involve “The band’s concert-arena anthems,” and also “focus on that duo going back to when they were two misfit kids from Queens who formed an unlikely friendship, starting KISS after enlisting guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. Trying to set themselves apart from the “hair” bands of the day, they accented their power chords and pyrotechnics with makeup.” Dead
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Netflix in Final Talks for KISS Biopic Shout It Out Loud
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Following a bidding competition, Deadline brings word that Netflix has entered the final negotiations to acquire the upcoming biographical drama film titled
Shout It Out Loud, centering around legendary rock band KISS. The outlet notes that the KISS biopic is currently being fast-tracked to coincide with the band’s final tour, “End of the Road,” which has been delayed by the pandemic but is expected to resume this fall.
Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Rønning (
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,
KISS Biopic In the Works at Netflix!
Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley to Produce Netflix KISS biopic SHOUT IT OUT LOUD for director Joachim Ronning (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES). By Mike Sprague Shout It Out Loud. The project is on a fast track. Joachim Ronning (
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) will direct.
Deadline describes the film like this:
The band’s concert-arena anthems will be a big part of this, but the film will focus on that duo going back to when they were two misfit kids from Queens who formed an unlikely friendship, starting KISS after enlisting guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. Trying to set themselves apart from the “hair” bands of the day, they accented their power chords and pyrotechnics with makeup. At heart, their formative story is in the vein of The Commitments, if that Irish soul band employed makeup and spiked heels.