An Anthony Kiedis biopic is in the works at Universal Pictures.
The rights to the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman’s 2004 memoir Scar Tissue has been optioned by the movie production company, with Kiedis, 61, set to produce the feature film.
The movie – which is currently in early development – will also be produced by Brian Grazer, and Guy Oseary, reports Deadline.
Scar Tissue went to the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list when it was first released in 2004.
In Kiedis’ acclaimed book, he wrote about his unconventional relationship with his father, who was addicted to drugs and shared them with his son.
An Anthony Kiedis biopic is in the works at Universal Pictures
The rights to the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman’s 2004 memoir Scar Tissue has been optioned by the movie production company, with Kiedis, 61, set to produce the feature film
The group has sold over 120 million records sold worldwide, scored nine Top 10 albums, won six Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012
The tome also covers the passing of founding Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died of a heroin overdose aged 26.
But Kiedis has previously admitted he had regrets about penning the memoir, which once caused a rift with his bandmate Flea after he revealed in the book he had slept with his pal’s sister.
In 2016, Kiedis told The Sun newspaper: ‘I did regret the book for a while as there was some pain caused.
‘But then, I started seeing the long-term positive reverberating. People were reading it in hospitals, in prisons and schools and it was having a positive effect.
‘I realised that the whole point of writing that book wasn’t for me, but to show that somebody can go all the way down and come all the way back and have a productive, successful happy interesting life.
‘And so whatever shame, pain or difficulty or discomfort I went through, then it was worth it because I get so many people coming up to me saying their kids had read it and got their act together because of it.’
Kiedis has fronted the multi platinum selling band, known as the Chilies, since they began in the late 1980’s.
He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in Los Angeles from the age of 12.
The group – Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith – are seen in 2022
In his memoir Kiedis revealed his father sold drugs – with the pair often using marijuana and cocaine together (pictured 2023)
He spent much of his musical career writing lyrics about his experiences in the city.
Kiedis co-founded Red Hot Chili Peppers with guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea (Michael Balzary) and drummer Jack Irons in 1982.
The group has sold over 120 million records sold worldwide, scored nine Top 10 albums, won six Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
In his memoir Kiedis revealed his father sold drugs – with the pair often using marijuana and cocaine together.
In one shock revelation, Kiedis revealed he accidentally tried heroin for the first time at age 14, mistaking it for cocaine.
He was in a relationship with Heather Christie from 2004 to 2008. They have a son, Everly Bear Kiedis, 16.
