If you don’t know who James McAvoy is, you probably will soon.

The Scottish actor is the frontrunner for the role of Kurt Cobain in an upcoming biopic.

Cobain’s widow Courtney Love and her attorney Howard Weitzman will produce the film, based on Charles Cross’ 2001 biography Heavier Than Heaven.

Troy screenwriter David Benioff has signed up to pen the script chronicling the life of the troubled musician until his suicide at the age of 27 in 1994.






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