Actor Finn Wolfhard is adapting Bob Mehr’s Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements as a film, Variety reports.
Mehr’s biography of the legendary Minneapolis rock band was published in 2016 by Da Capo. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “The dynamic that made the band great also tore them apart, as this biography superbly documents.”
Wolfhard, best known for his role as Mike Wheeler on the Neflix series Stranger Things, is himself a musician. He’s a member of the rock band the Aubreys and also released a solo album, Happy Birthday, in June.
He will co-write the screenplay for the Trouble Boys adaptation with his father, Eric Wolfhard. Finn Wolfhard previously mentioned the film to Variety in August, saying, “I’ve been writing a lot of music and writing this movie with my dad, which has been really amazing. It’s about a band that I think weirdly I have a lot in common with, a lot of the members. I can’t really talk about the actual band because I don’t have the rights officially yet.”
Wolfhard shared news of the adaptation on Instagram, writing, “One of my parents’ first dates was to a Replacements concert. Then I was born! As [Replacements frontman Paul] Westerberg once said ‘Let’s let em down.’”
Mehr also weighed in on the platform, with a post that reads, in part, “I’m grateful to my friend Finn, his father Eric, and producer Richard Peete for having a real vision for this book and this band. Also—atomic name drop incoming—I have to thank Winona Ryder who’s been a great pal and champion and was instrumental in bring me and Finn together.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
