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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Press Conference
(L to R) Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White, and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere‘ tells the story of famous musician Bruce Springsteen during the time in his life when he was writing the album Nebraska, and struggling to deal with trauma from his past.
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Moviefone attended an in-person press conference in support of the film, which featured stars Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, musician Bruce Springsteen, and writer/director Scott Cooper. The group shared behind-the-scenes details about the filming of the movie and why now is the right time to tell this story.

Related Article: Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’

1) Bruce Springsteen Reveals Why Now Is The Right Time For ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’

Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

Bruce Springsteen is one of the most beloved and well known musicians in the entire world, so of course he has been approached many times by filmmakers who wish to create a biopic telling his life story. During the press conference, Bruce Spingsteen explains why now is the right time, and why this movie is the right one.

Bruce Springsteen: I like the idea that it really is not quite a music biopic. It’s actually a character-driven drama with some music. So that appealed to me. And also, it’s only a small slice of a period of time in my life when I was 31 and 32 and I was going through some first of some difficult times. And Scott [Cooper] came down and I met Scott along with Warren Zanes, who was the writer of the book, Deliver Me From Nowhere. And we just sat around and talked for an afternoon. I got a feeling from Scott that he knew exactly the kind of picture that he wanted to make. It was very in line with the type of record that Nebraska was. It was a picture that was going to feel, a studio picture that felt like an independent picture. I knew from Scott’s films, which I’d seen, that he had a real talent for capturing blue-collar life, which I was, despite some of the success I’d had, I was still really living in New Jersey and in my community that I grew up in.

2) Jeremy Allen White & Jeremy Strong Were Thrilled To Get To Work With One Another

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau have a very good friendship, and have for many years, that is built on trust and support. Jeremy Allen White, who plays Bruce Springsteen, and Jeremy Strong, who plays Jon Landau, were excited to get to work with one another in such close capacity for ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’.

Jeremy Allen White: I have been an admirer of Jeremy’s for a long time. I might have sent him a message through a mutual friend of ours at one point hoping we would do something together and then when I learned Jeremy was going to do this, I was very excited. But we hadn’t spent time together before we got together to shoot one of the scenes, which was at the diner. Everything fell into place. I trusted Jeremy. I trusted that he had and understanding of the relationship and I trusted that his understanding would be similar to my own because of Scott’s words and also because of the men we have been able to look to and because of the relationship that they have had for so long.

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

Jeremy Strong: I agree. There as an ease to it. I’ve admired the hell out of Jeremy and I think he’s a fearless actor. A bone marrow honest actor. There is a natural affinity between us. I had a sense that he might work in a similar way, approach it in a similar way. I knew he would be committed.

3) Bruce Springsteen Explains Odessa Young’s Character & What She Means To Him

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Odessa Young’s character in the film, Faye, is not an actual person from Bruce Springsteen’s life, but rather a combination of several people that impacted his life during this time.

Bruce Springsteen: I was a guy at the time who, I knew what I was doing for three hours every night. I didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing the other 21. Odessa’s Faye in the film, she symbolizes the potential and the possibilities of those other 21 hours that I was incapable of taking advantage of at the time. But she holds down a very, very important part of the film as she is the symbol of a real life and another life that was waiting for me out there that I wasn’t able to find until much later in my life. And she did such a wonderful job of it. So I thank you.

4) Jeremy Allen White Had Bruce Springsteen Record Himself Reading Scenes From The Script To Help Him Craft The Character

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

In order to help better understand Bruce Springsteen, and the mental state that he was in during this time in his life, Jeremy Allen White asked him to record himself reading a few different scenes from the script.

Jeremy Allen White: I’d been listening to his voice. There were a couple interviews from 1980 I had been listening to a lot and his voice is a little bit different. But I really wanted to hear his accent. So, Bruce recorded himself reading a couple of scenes from the movie. I would listen every morning to Bruce’s reading from a couple of these different scenes. Each of the different characters was one with Adele Springsteen, [played by] Gaby Hoffman, and there was one with Jon. I wanted to hear if there was any change in voice with each of the different characters. That was so nice.

5) Jeremy Allen White Was Thankful Bruce Springsteen Was So Generous With His Time

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Jeremy Allen White wanted to be able to do this difficult time in Bruce Springsteen’s life justice, so he was thrilled to be able to work closely with him and have him available if he had questions.

Jeremy Allen White: We spent a little bit of time together prior to filming. But because we didn’t know how much Bruce and Jon were going to be around prior to filming, that was the time we had. And then in that first week, I was really excited to have Bruce around, but also, of course, a little bit intimidated. I think what came with it was, I was very head down and I think fragile, trying to just do justice to the story and to Bruce. Bruce being there, for me, there was a lot of permission there. It felt good that he was there as a guide. The whole time I was making this movie, I was really pushing and searching. And it was so wonderful to have Bruce’s support and voice behind me.

Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

Bruce Springsteen: The truth is, Jeremy’s been very modest about his preparation because he came in fully prepared, maybe asked me one or two questions. I had no idea what his preparation had been. He just, day one came, he went on the set and started his performance. And I just watched in amazement.

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

What is the plot of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past as he makes a raw, haunted acoustic album titled ‘Nebraska.’

Who is in the cast of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?
- Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen
- Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau
- Paul Walter Hauser as Mike Batlan
- Stephen Graham as Douglas Springsteen
- Odessa Young as Faye Romano
- Gaby Hoffmann as Adele Springsteen
- Marc Maron as Chuck Plotkin
- David Krumholtz as Al Teller
- Johnny Cannizzaro as Steven Van Zandt
- Matthew Pellicano Jr. as young Bruce Springsteen
(L to R) Scott Stuber, Scott Cooper, Odessa Young, Jeremy Allen White, Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Jon Landau, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson attend the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at Royal Festival Hall, London on October 15th, 2025. Photo by StillMoving.Net for The Walt Disney Company Limited.

List of Musician Biopics:

‘Sid and Nancy‘ (1986)

‘The Doors‘ (1991)

‘Ray‘ (2004)

‘Walk the Line‘ (2005)

‘I’m Not There‘ (2007)

‘Control‘ (2007)

‘Nowhere Boy‘ (2010)

‘The Runaways‘ (2010)

‘Get on Up‘ (2014)

‘Love & Mercy‘ (2015)

‘Bohemian Rhapsody‘ (2018)

‘Rocketman‘ (2019)

‘The Dirt‘ (2019)

‘Elvis‘ (2022)

‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody‘ (2022)

‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘ (2022)

‘Maestro‘ (2023)

‘Bob Marley: One Love‘ (2024)

‘Back to Black‘ (2024)

‘Girl You Know It’s True‘ (2024)

‘A Complete Unknown’ (2024)

‘Better Man’ (2025)

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October 23, 2025
Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Opening in theaters October 24 is ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ written for the screen and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron, and David Krumholtz.
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Initial Thoughts

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

There are so many biopics – musical and otherwise –flying around these days that it’s hard for any single one to stand out from the pack. Scott Cooper’s ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ – about the making of the Boss’ immersive, bleak 1982 lo-fi masterpiece ‘Nebraska’ – manages to make its mark for about half its two-hour running time.

The part that chronicles Bruce Springsteen’s creative process, as well as the struggle for his manager, his engineers, his label, and finally a depressed Bruce himself to understand what he’s doing, is fascinating and even powerful. The other half of the film – about a pointless romance with a single mom and the now-overdone cliches about the protagonist coming to terms with an abusive, non-loving father – are painful to slog through, especially since they try and fail to tie themselves to the more successful narrative about the album.

Story and Direction

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

The movie opens in black and white, at Bruce’s childhood home in Freehold, New Jersey in 1957, where we learn in quick succession that his mom and dad fight (which, it’s implied, gets physical), that his dad is a drunk, and that these flashbacks are reappear like commercial breaks. It’s a smash cut from there to the stage of Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in 1981, where the now-adult Bruce (Jeremy Allen White) finishes off his latest massive tour. Afterward, manager Jon Landau (Jeremy Strong) tells Bruce – and us, in the first of many heavy-handed lumps of expository dialogue that Scott Cooper dumps in Strong’s lap – that they should start thinking about what’s next.

And Bruce does just that, moving into a secluded house deep in the woods of Colt’s Neck, New Jersey to begin working on new songs. His influences go far and wide – everything from movies like ‘Badlands’ and ‘The Night of the Hunter’ to the stories of Flannery O’Connor to his real-life glimpses of exhausted, dead-eyed working people sitting in diners (Cooper does capture the worn-down milieu of South Jersey in the ‘80s quite well) – and soon coalesce into a collection of haunting, sparse folk songs about the dark underside of American life that eventually becomes ‘Nebraska.’

That story, as well as the tricky gauntlet that Bruce runs to ultimately convince his manager and his inner circle that he wants to release the songs – recorded on a four-track machine in his bedroom – as is, without the involvement of the E Street Band and without releasing any singles, is the most interesting and lively part of a generally somber movie. But a lot of time is spent on the unresolved, cliched father-son conflict that Cooper tries to staple to the content of ‘Nebraska’ (which stands up quite well without it) and which we’ve seen so many times before that it’s now entered eye-rolling territory (which is not to make light of abusive fathers with substance abuse problems; it’s just that the movie doesn’t do anything new with it).

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Odessa Young as Faye in 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Also wasting our time is the romance with a local Asbury Park waitress (Odessa Young), who tells us – in another example of bad, trite writing – that she knows what she’s getting into with a sulky rock star who tends to disappear for weeks on end and then undermines that by behaving like it’s not what she expected. It’s a thankless character and storyline made even more insulting by the fact that it was made up for the movie, because somebody felt that Springsteen needed a love story.

The creative and business aspects of the film – Bruce writing the songs (a groanworthy moment or two aside, like when he writes ‘Mansion on the Hill’ after flashing back to his dad taking him to see…guess what), Landau reacting to the songs, Landau politely telling the head of the record label to get stuffed if he has a problem with what Bruce is serving up, and the struggle to master the record so that it sounds exactly as the Boss wants it – are quietly terrific. The rest, including a 10-minute tacked-on coda after the real ending that delves into therapy and borders on ridiculous, is not really worthy of this artist or the masterful album around which the film is constructed.

Cast and Performances

(L to R) Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

He doesn’t really look like the Boss, but Jeremy Allen White does capture something of his essence – and when the light or camera captures him a certain way, he almost resembles the man himself. But if he’s a little too broody on occasion, White’s rasp/whisper and body language still tell a lot about the inner turmoil and depression that both hinder and drive the artist. It’s an understated, nuanced performance that avoids the showiness of so many biopic marquee roles.

Equally effective is Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau. Although he’s cursed with some of the movie’s clunkiest dialogue, Strong channels the restrained resolve of one of rock’s most famous managers – gently pushing his client toward what needs to be done to continue their success, but knowing when to pull back and never showing anything but devotion to his client’s needs to the outside world. His warmth and love for Springsteen shine through as well, making their relationship one of the movie’s pillars. It’s also a nice change of pace for Strong after playing the vile Roy Cohn in ‘The Apprentice.’

The rest of the cast don’t have much to work with but do as well as they can. Odessa Young is very good but her character amounts to little as the woman who must be sacrificed at the altar of art, while Stephen Graham grunts and trudges his way through an essentially one-note character. The best of the supporting cast is Paul Walter Hauser as Bruce’s engineer, Mike Batlan, bringing some much-needed levity to a somber piece.

Final Thoughts

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

It’s interesting to compare ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to last year’s brilliant Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown.’ The latter captures Dylan as the symbolic leader of a sea change in culture and music, while remaining an enigma. The former tries to paint Springsteen as a mystery too, but with the focus on him and not the way he changes the world around him, its impact is not nearly as powerful – especially when Scott Cooper brings more shopworn plot devices into the narrative.

Cringy dialogue like Bruce saying ‘That makes one of us,’ when a car salesman whispers conspiratorially, ‘I know who you are’ only steers this portrait of the Boss dangerously close to self-serving, performative mopiness, although White thankfully pulls it back with the sincerity of his work. If only more of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ were as sincere.

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ receives a score of 60 out of 100.

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo by Macall Polay. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

What is the plot of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past as he makes a raw, haunted acoustic album titled ‘Nebraska.’

Who is in the cast of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’?
- Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen
- Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau
- Paul Walter Hauser as Mike Batlan
- Stephen Graham as Douglas Springsteen
- Odessa Young as Faye Romano
- Gaby Hoffmann as Adele Springsteen
- Marc Maron as Chuck Plotkin
- David Krumholtz as Al Teller
- Johnny Cannizzaro as Steven Van Zandt
- Matthew Pellicano Jr. as young Bruce Springsteen
A scene from 20th Century Studios’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

List of Musician Biopics:

‘Sid and Nancy‘ (1986)

‘The Doors‘ (1991)

‘Ray‘ (2004)

‘Walk the Line‘ (2005)

‘I’m Not There‘ (2007)

‘Control‘ (2007)

‘Nowhere Boy‘ (2010)

‘The Runaways‘ (2010)

‘Get on Up‘ (2014)

‘Love & Mercy‘ (2015)

‘Bohemian Rhapsody‘ (2018)

‘Rocketman‘ (2019)

‘The Dirt‘ (2019)

‘Elvis‘ (2022)

‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody‘ (2022)

‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘ (2022)

‘Maestro‘ (2023)

‘Bob Marley: One Love‘ (2024)

‘Back to Black‘ (2024)

‘Girl You Know It’s True‘ (2024)

‘A Complete Unknown’ (2024)

‘Better Man’ (2025)

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October 21, 2025
First Look at Jeremy Allen White in ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere.’ Photo: 20th Century Studios.

Preview:
- The first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen is online.
- He’ll star in ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ directed by Scott Cooper.
- Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser and Stephen Graham co-star.
The musical biopics continue to arrive, and many of them are choosing to go the segment-of-life route (see: ‘Bob Marley: One Love’) as opposed to the cradle-to-grave approach.

With the cameras now rolling, we have our first look at ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere,’ which will detail the recording of one particular album in iconic rocker Bruce Springsteen’s back catalogue.

Starring as Springsteen is Jeremy Allen White, who knows a little something about playing people who are dedicated to the act of creation after playing the driven Carmy in ‘The Bear,’ even if here, he’s swapping cooking for music.
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Scott Cooper, who has made the likes of ‘Crazy Heart,’ ‘Hostiles’ and ‘Black Mass,’ is directing the film from his own script.

Here’s what Cooper had to say about working on the new movie:

“Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me. Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience.”

What’s the story of ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’?

Bruce Springsteen in ‘Springsteen On Broadway’. Photo: Netflix.

The new movie will follow Springsteen as he struggles to make 1982 album “Nebraska.” The development of the record, which followed Springsteen’s 1981 “The River Tour,” marked a pivotal time in his life, one that he would only openly talk about decades after its release.

It’s regarded as a landmark in his musical odyssey and a source of inspiration for a generation of artists and musicians. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom and without The E Street Band, “Nebraska” is considered one of Springsteen’s most enduring works — a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching for a reason to believe.

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Who else stars in ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’?

Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in ‘The Apprentice’. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.

Alongside White, the cast includes…
- Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s long-time mentor and manager, Jon Landau.
- Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan.
- Odessa Young as young Faye, a formative love interest in Springsteen’s life.
- Stephen Graham as Springsteen’s father.
- Johnny Cannizzaro as The E Street Band member Stevie Van Zandt.
When will ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’ be in theaters?

While it doesn’t have a specific date on the books, 20th Century Studios is looking to have this one on screens in 2025. If it turns out well, we’d guess it’ll be looking to debut during awards season.

Bruce Springsteen in ‘Springsteen On Broadway’. Photo: Netflix.

Other Movies Similar to ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’:
- ‘Sid and Nancy‘ (1986)
- ‘The Doors‘ (1991)
- ‘Ray‘ (2004)
- ‘Walk the Line‘ (2005)
- ‘I’m Not There‘ (2007)
- ‘Control‘ (2007)
- ‘Nowhere Boy‘ (2010)
- ‘The Runaways‘ (2010)
- ‘Get on Up‘ (2014)
- ‘Love & Mercy‘ (2015)
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody‘ (2018)
- ‘Rocketman‘ (2019)
- ‘The Dirt‘ (2019)
- ‘Elvis‘ (2022)
- ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody‘ (2022)
- ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘ (2022)
- ‘Maestro‘ (2023)
- ‘Bob Marley: One Love‘ (2024)
- ‘Back to Black‘ (2024)
- ‘Girl You Know It’s True‘ (2024)
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October 28, 2024
‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ to Land on Disney+
Scene from ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie.’ Photo: AMC Theatres.

Preview:
- Taylor Swift’s hugely successful ‘Eras Tour’ film is headed to Disney+.
- It’ll include five songs not heard on previous versions.
- The movie will start streaming exclusively on the service from next month.
It might not feature a 13 anywhere, but Taylor Swift has still found an impactful date for the news to break that her ‘Eras Tour’ concert film has found a new permanent home on streaming.

Actually, it’s more Disney’s schedule than Swift, since the entertainment behemoth used the day of its investors’ earning call to announce that ‘The Eras Tour’ will be streaming exclusively on Disney+ from next month.

Still, it marks the same day that Swift re-starts the tour, this time in Japan.
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What was The Eras Tour?

Scene from ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie.’ Photo: AMC Theatres.

It’s more accurate to say, “what *is* The Eras Tour?” given that it’s continuing around the world.

After kicking off last year on March 17th in Glendale Arizona and taking in huge chunks of the States, the tour wrapped up its 2023 run in São Paulo, Brazil on November 26th.

According to data from live music trade publication Pollstar, the tour has become the highest-grossing concert tour in history, becoming the first ever to make $1 billion. So successful was it that it earned more than the next two-highest ranked tours of the time combined (that would be Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen).

The previous record holder was Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ tour, which took years to accomplish that. So it’s less “goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and more, “Goodbye Elton John”…

As for the movie, it has also been a big hit for Swift, earning $261.1 million worldwide since its release in theaters on October 13th last year. The singer-songwriter chose to bypass the studios for the theatrical release, striking a deal with theatre chain AMC that saw her pocket more of the profit.

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What will be new for the Disney+ release of ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’?

Scene from ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie.’ Photo: AMC Theatres.

The new, Disney+ cut of the movie will feature five songs that didn’t show up in either the theatrical or video on demand release. We already know that “Cardigan” is one of them, but all involved are staying quiet as to the others.

It’ll likely prove a boost for Disney’s streaming service, which saw a 1.3 million subscriber loss after it raised prices in the last year.

Here’s what Disney boss Bob Iger had to say about the new release:

“‘The Eras Tour’ has been a true phenomenon that has and continues to thrill fans around the world, and we are very excited to bring this electrifying concert to audiences wherever they are, exclusively on Disney+.”

When will ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ land on Disney+

Swifties (and anyone else who is interested) will be able to see the movie on Disney+ from March 15th.

Scene from ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie.’ Photo: AMC Theatres.

Other Movies Similar to ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie:’
- ‘Dont Look Back‘ (1967)
- ‘Let It Be‘ (1970)
- ‘Gimme Shelter‘ (1970)
- ‘The Song Remains the Same‘ (1976)
- ‘The Grateful Dead Movie‘ (1977)
- ‘The Last Waltz‘ (1978)
- ‘The Kids Are Alright‘ (1979)
- ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars‘ (1983)
- ‘Prince: Sign o’ the Times‘ (1987)
- ‘Madonna: Truth or Dare‘ (1991)
- ‘No Direction Home: Bob Dylan‘ (2005)
- ‘This Is It‘ (2009)
- ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never‘ (2011)
- ‘Pearl Jam Twenty‘ (2011)
- ‘Metallica: Through the Never‘ (2013)
- ‘One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film‘ (2014)
- ‘Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese‘ (2019)
- ‘Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé‘ (2019)
- ‘Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You‘ (2020)
- ‘BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing‘ (2022)
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February 8, 2024
Frank Marshall Talks ‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story’

Earth, Wind, and Fire at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Courtesy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Opening in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on May 13th is the new documentary ‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story,’ from director and producer Frank Marshall, and co-director Ryan Suffern.

The documentary celebrates 50 years of the legendary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which celebrates New Orleans’ unique culture of food and music. Featured in the film are Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Aaron Neville, Earth, Wind & Fire, and many other musicians and celebrities.

Frank Marshall began his career as a producer on Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon,’ ‘At Long Last Love’ and ‘Nickelodeon,’ before teaming with Steven Spielberg on some of his most famous films including ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ ‘The Color Purple,’ Empire of the Sun,’ and ‘Hook.’

Marshall would go on to produce such beloved movies as ‘Poltergeist,’ ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ ‘The Sixth Sense,’ ‘Signs,’ ‘Seabiscuit,’ ‘The Bourne Supremacy,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ ‘Sully,’ and most recently the ‘Jurassic World’ trilogy, with ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ scheduled for release on June 10th. He is also a producer on the upcoming untitled fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie, directed by James Mangold (‘Logan’).

As a director, Marshall is best known for helming ‘Arachnophobia,’ ‘Alive,’ ‘Congo,’ and ‘Eight Below,’ as well as ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,’ which marked his directorial debut as a documentary filmmaker.

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with director Frank Marshall about his work on ‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story.’

(L to R) Director Frank Marshall, Jimmy Buffet, Pitbull and director Ryan Suffern. Courtesy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Moviefone: To begin with, can you talk about how you got involved with this project and why now was the right time to tell the story of New Orleans Jazz Fest?

Frank Marshall: Well, it was one of those situations where I was in the right place at the right time. I was at an after-concert meeting and I met Quint Davis, who was the co-founder of Jazz Fest. That was back in the summer of 2018. He was talking about the 50th anniversary of Jazz Fest coming up in 2019 and they wanted to do something special like a documentary. I said, “Well, you’re talking the right guy. I love Jazz Fest. I love music and I love documentaries.” So, it all started with a meeting with Quint Davis.

MF: You filmed at the 2019 Jazz Festival, and it is a huge event with different acts playing on different stages at the same time. How did you decide which artists to film and include in the movie?

FM: Well, that’s a good question, because again, the key to that was Quint Davis. We obviously knew we couldn’t cover all of the artists that were there, that’s why actually there were two directors, Ryan Suffern and myself, because we really had to divide up what we covered. Quint was very good at being able to give us both the old and the new artists, and the artists that he felt had been representative of what the festival is really all about, which is culture and heritage and the universal language of music.

As you know, it’s not just jazz. It’s blues, gospel, and rock. It’s all different kinds of music. We had three different camera crews, and we split the three crews up sometimes, or we brought them all together sometimes. So, it had a lot to do with the logistics and the planning was very important.

2019’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Courtesy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

MF: Can you also talk about looking through the festival’s archive footage and how you decided what you wanted to include in the film?

FM: Well, there is a foundation, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival Foundation, and they are the keepers of the archives. I have to say it’s one of the things I love about making documentaries, is it’s kind of like a little treasure hunt. Every once in a while, you get a gold to bloom, and when we found the 16-millimeter footage of George Wein at the first Jazz Fest with Mahalia Jackson, we knew we just had something that was very special. They kept providing us with all of the photos and the footage from the previous festivals for the past 50 years.

MF: Can you talk about interviewing festival founders George Wein and Quint Davis and the importance of their work to keep Jazz Fest going after all these years?

FM: It’s obvious, you really see it in the footage, that they are passionate, not only about the music, but about New Orleans and Louisiana. This is really probably the only place that this could have come together because, I call it a gumbo of music and culture. It really connects to the people that it’s the birthplace of jazz and they want to celebrate that. Being able to talk to the two founders was pretty incredible. They’re still as enthusiastic now as they were back then.

MF: You ended the section in the film about gospel music with Katy Perry’s performance at 2019’s Jazz Fest. Did you know she was going to sing a gospel song in her performance before you started filming?

FM: Yes, actually I had a moment to talk to Katy Perry and I did discover that she was sort of brought up on gospel and obviously we knew that she would have this giant gospel choir behind her for her number. So, it’s kind of made sense to include because gospel leads to all different kinds of music. It’s a foundation for all different kinds of music, and that then transitioned into Katy Perry with that wonderful gospel choir behind her.

Bruce Springsteen atNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Courtesy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

MF: You can’t tell the story of New Orleans without telling the story of Hurricane Katrina. Can you talk about that section of the movie, as well as interviewing Bruce Springsteen about his legendary 2006 Jazz Fest performance of ‘My City of Ruins?’

FM: The Katrina section was just incredible. I was actually down there right after Katrina. We were trying to prep ‘Benjamin Button’ back in those day, so I knew the immense impact that that hurricane had on that city, and as Quint says, “Why rebuild?” He said, “We’re coming back.” What it meant to the people of the city to have Jazz Fest come back is that it brought them back. It’s sort of the perseverance, not only of Jazz Fest, but of the city and Bruce Springsteen’s first visit to Jazz Fest was at that time.

To have him feel the audience, bring them back and preach to them that it’s all going to be okay. New Orleans was back. It was just one of those special moments where music can bring you hope, which is kind of what I hope the movie does. The first time Jazz Fest was ever canceled was because of the pandemic, so we wanted to bring the world back with both Jazz Fest and this movie.

MF: Finally, Jazz Fest is not just about music, but it is also about New Orleans food and culture. Can you talk about the importance of food at Jazz Fest and did you eat anything you really loved while you were making this film?

FM: Well, yes, food is a very important element of Jazz Fest and Quint calls it the world’s greatest backyard barbecue. That’s what it is. You walk around, and you hear great music. There’s a lot of great smells and flavors in the air as well. I have to say that I just love the seafood gumbo. That’s my favorite. I could eat that all day.

Courtesy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
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May 21, 2022
Bruce Springsteen Documentary ‘Western Stars’ Bought By Warner Bros.

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“Western Stars,” the film companion to Bruce Springsteen’s new studio album of the same name, was just bought by Warner Bros.

The film, which is co-directed by Springsteen, will be released on the big screen and will open in theaters this fall after its world premiere at theToronto International Film Festival next month.

The film will include archival footage along with Springsteen’s narration, and shows him performing all 13 songs on “Western Stars” with a a band and a full orchestra, in a nearly 100-year-old barn on the singer’s property.

The film was overseen by frequent Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny. He directed the Boss in “Springsteen on Broadway” (which ended up on Netflix) and “Bruce Springsteen: Hunter of Invisible Game” (2014). Zimny won a Grammy Award for “Wings on Wheels: The Making of Born to Run” (2005).

Another Springsteen movie, “Blinded by Light,” a jukebox musical of the star’s greatest hits, opens today, distributed by Warner Bros.’ New Line label. An exclusive first look at “Western Stars” will run before “Blinded by the Light.”

Besides being the subject of several documentaries, Springsteen has written a number of original songs for films. He won an Oscar for “Best Original Song” for “Streets of Philadelphia” from “Philadelphia” and was nominated for the title track from “Dead Man Walking.”

[Via Variety]

August 16, 2019
Bruce Springsteen’s Lost ‘Harry Potter’ Song Finds a Movie to Call Home

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A song Bruce Springsteen wrote almost 20 years ago for a “Harry Potter” movie will finally get released in a movie.

Springsteen recorded “I’ll Stand By You Always” in 2001 and offered it to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” director Chris Columbus, who turned it down.

Now, the song will be added to the end credits of “Blinded By the Light,” an upcoming movie film from Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”).

The film is based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir “Greetings From Bury Park, which recounts his years as a Pakistani teen in a small British town. His love for Springsteen’s songs inspired him to become a writer.

Springsteen liked Manzoor’s book and gave his approval to the use of 15 of his songs in the movie.

“I’ll Stand By You Always” was not part of “Blinded By the Light” when it screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The movie received glowing reviews and landed a $15 million deal with New Line.

The song has been added to the end credits, following “Born to Run.”

April 5, 2019