News

The authorized Sublime biopic has tapped Riverdale star Kj Apa for the role of late founding vocalist Bradley Nowell, reports Variety.

Justin Chon (Gook) will direct and co-write the screenplay with Bobby Kim, founder of the streetwear brand The Hundreds, based on Chris Mundy’s original draft. The biopic is being developed at Sony’s 3000 Pictures.

Get Sublime Tickets Here

Original Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are executive producing alongside Nowell’s widow Troy and son Jakob.

Nowell passed away from a heroin overdose in May 1996, just as Sublime was breaking into the mainstream with their self-titled album, which spawned hits like “What I Got,” “Santeria,” and “Doin’ Time.”

In 2009, Gaugh and Wilson teamed up with singer Rome Ramirez and began touring as Sublime with Rome. The group released their final album and embarked on a farewell tour this year with none of the original Sublime members.

The authorized Sublime biopic has tapped Riverdale star Kj Apa for the role of late founding vocalist Bradley Nowell, reports Variety.

Justin Chon (Gook) will direct and co-write the screenplay with Bobby Kim, founder of the streetwear brand The Hundreds, based on Chris Mundy’s original draft. The biopic is being developed at Sony’s 3000 Pictures.

Get Sublime Tickets Here

Original Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are executive producing alongside Nowell’s widow Troy and son Jakob.

Nowell passed away from a heroin overdose in May 1996, just as Sublime was breaking into the mainstream with their self-titled album, which spawned hits like “What I Got,” “Santeria,” and “Doin’ Time.”

In 2009, Gaugh and Wilson teamed up with singer Rome Ramirez and began touring as Sublime with Rome. The group released their final album and embarked on a farewell tour this year with none of the original Sublime members.

Exclusive: Scott Weintrob, who created Peacock’s upcoming adventure series Orlando Bloom: To The Edge, has lept into business with Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group.

Weintrob and his Large Eyes Entertainment have struck a partnership with the Endeavor-backed production group to produce nonfiction long-form projects under Asylum’s umbrella.

It is the latest deal for Asylum, which is behind Texas Crew Productions, Big City TV, and Audity, after it invested in Dawn Airey’s British production company Moon&Back Media and struck first look deals with the likes of Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello and the New York Post.

LA-based Weintrob recently worked on Amazon’s Rihanna fashion series Savage x Fenty Show and Pepsi-backed feature-length documentary Built to Fail, chronicling the origins of streetwear through the eyes of designer Bobby Kim. He has also directed episodes of Apple’s Home, Netflix’s Fastest Car and Roku’s Skrrt with Offset.

Dark Horse Comics has teamed up with the The Hundreds, the La based clothing label, for the creation of two extremely limited T-shirts featuring new art from creator Stan Sakai. The T-shirts, which have been produced in a limited run of only two hundred of each design, will hit retail at The Hundreds’ Los Angeles and San Francisco locations this coming Saturday.

Usagi creator Stan Sakai will be at the Rosewood location in La from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to sign copies of the latest issue of the monthly comic. In addition, the first twenty-five people through the door will receive a signed copy of the first-ever full-color Usagi Yojimbo graphic novel, Yokai.

“I am always excited to hear stories of the impact of Usagi on other creative individuals, especially those working outside of comics” said Stan Sakai, the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. “I hope that this collaboration exposes...