A new Kurt Cobain biopic is in the works, with “Wolverine” screenwriter David Benioff tapped to bring the Nirvana frontman’s story to the big screen.

Benioff, whose credits also include “Troy” and “25th Hour,” will adapt journalist Charles Cross’ biography of the Nirvana frontman, “Heavier Than Heaven.” The biography is partly based on Cobain’s unpublished diaries as well as interviews with friends and family members.

Cobain’s widow Courtney Love will act as executive producer along with her lawyer Howard Weitzman.

No casting details are currently available, though the blogosphere has been buzzing that Ryan Gosling should play the part of Cobain.

It is not yet known whether original music rights have been secured.

Cobain committed suicide in 1994, leaving behind his wife and a daughter.

The new biopic won’t be the first film inspired by the musician’s life and untimely death. AJ Schnack’s documentary “Kurt Cobain: About A Son” premiered at Sundance earlier this year. And the 2005 film “Last Days,” directed and written by Gus Van Sant, stars Michael Pitt as a Seattle musician whose life and career closely parallels Cobain’s own.






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