Warner Bros. Pictures to Distribute Western Stars Worldwide, Bringing Bruce Springsteen's Latest Album to the Big Screen in a Film Marking Springsteen's Directorial Debut

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August 16, 2019

Warner Bros. Pictures to Distribute Western Stars Worldwide, Bringing Bruce Springsteens Latest Album to the Big Screen in a Film Marking Springsteens Directorial Debut(August 16, 2019 Burbank, CA) Warner Bros. Pictures will release a cinematic film version of Bruce Springsteens latest album, Western Stars, worldwide, on the big screen. Longtime collaborator Thom Zimny directs together with Springsteen in his directorial debut. The announcement was made today by Toby Emmerich, Chairman Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Western Stars, which will make its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, is slated for release this fall. However, fans can get an exclusive first look ahead of New Line Cinemas Blinded by the Light, opening in theatres nationwide today.

Springsteens first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots. Touching on themes of love and loss, loneliness and family and the inexorable passage of time, the documentary film evokes the American West both the mythic and the hardscrabble weaving archival footage and Springsteens personal narration with song to tell the story of Western Stars.

Western Stars offers fans the world over their only opportunity to see Springsteen perform all 13 songs on the album, backed up by a band and a full orchestra, under the cathedral ceiling of his historic nearly 100-year-old barn.

Emmerich stated, Bruce lives in the super rarified air of artists who have blazed new and important trails deep into their careers. With Western Stars, Bruce is pivoting yet again, taking us with him on an emotional and introspective cinematic journey, looking back and looking ahead. As one of his many fans for over 40 years, I couldnt be happier to be a rider on this train with Bruce and Thom.

Western Stars, Springsteens 19th studio album, has achieved global success. It has been #1 on the iTunes charts on every continent, including such countries as the U.S., the UK, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, India, South Africa, and all of Scandinavia, among other countries. It has also received rave reviews, with critics using words like hauntingly brilliant, beguiling, gorgeous and a masterpiece.

Springsteen and Zimny, who together helmed Western Stars, have collaborated on several projects over the years, including the documentary The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, and the Netflix filmed version of the Tony Award-winning Springsteen on Broadway, which Zimny directed.

Western Stars is written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, with Special Guest Patti Scialfa. Thom Zimny, Jon Landau, Barbara Carr and George Travis produced the film, with Springsteen serving as executive producer. The original score is by Springsteen.

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