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Bruce Springsteen biopic to premiere at NY Film Festival
Bruce Springsteen will bless New York City with an early look at his upcoming biopic, 'Deliver Me From Nowhere.' The 2025 New York Film Festival announced Monday that the film, starring Jeremy Allen White as the New Jersey rocker, will be its Spotlight Gala selection, premiering Sept. 28 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The Boss is expected to attend the screening, along with director and writer Scott Cooper, and the film's stars, including Jeremy Strong, who plays his manager and record producer Jon Landau, and Odessa Young, who stars as Springsteen's love interest Faye. Officially titled 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,' the 20th Century Studios musical drama centers on the making of Springsteen's sixth album, 'Nebraska,' in 1982. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in his New Jersey bedroom and without The E Street Band, the folksy solo outing — released before the mega-selling 'Born in the U.S.A.' — is ranked among Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Adapted from Warren Zanes' book of the same title, the film also stars Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser and Gaby Hoffmann. New York Film Festival's artistic director Dennis Lim called the movie a 'fitting tribute to a living legend' in Monday's announcement. 'The New York Film Festival has always felt like a spiritual home for the kind of cinema I believe in,' Cooper said in a statement. 'To now arrive with a film about Bruce Springsteen — an artist whose music shaped not just a country but my own sense of storytelling — is something I could never have imagined.' He added, 'Getting to know Bruce, to explore his world and his spirit, has been one of the most profound creative experiences of my life. To share that experience with New York audiences, in a city that defines artistic possibility, is both an honor and a responsibility I hold with deep gratitude.' White, who won two Emmy Awards for his star turn in the Hulu series 'The Bear,' previously portrayed professional wrestler Kerry Von Erich on the big screen in 'The Iron Claw.' But for his latest role, the Brooklyn-born Calvin Klein underwear model endured more pressure for portraying the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. 'Getting that out, it was so much pressure,' the actor told Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' in June. 'You're playing a real person — nevermind Bruce Springsteen — and I was really touched [when] the trailer came out. I had more texts than when I blacked out and won that Golden Globe (for The Bear).' 'I didn't realize trailers were that big of a thing,' he added. 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' is expected to hit theaters Oct. 24. Solve the daily Crossword
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Bruce Springsteen biopic to premiere at NY Film Festival
Bruce Springsteen biopic to premiere at NY Film Festival NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen will bless New York City with an early look at his upcoming biopic, 'Deliver Me From Nowhere.' The 2025 New York Film Festival announced Monday that the film, starring Jeremy Allen White as the New Jersey rocker, will be its Spotlight Gala selection, premiering Sept. 28 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The Boss is expected to attend the screening, along with director and writer Scott Cooper, and the film's stars, including Jeremy Strong, who plays his manager and record producer Jon Landau, and Odessa Young, who stars as Springsteen's love interest Faye. Officially titled 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,' the 20th Century Studios musical drama centers on the making of Springsteen's sixth album, 'Nebraska,' in 1982. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in his New Jersey bedroom and without The E Street Band, the folksy solo outing — released before the mega-selling 'Born in the U.S.A.' — is ranked among Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Adapted from Warren Zanes' book of the same title, the film also stars Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser and Gaby Hoffmann. New York Film Festival's artistic director Dennis Lim called the movie a 'fitting tribute to a living legend' in Monday's announcement. 'The New York Film Festival has always felt like a spiritual home for the kind of cinema I believe in,' Cooper said in a statement. 'To now arrive with a film about Bruce Springsteen — an artist whose music shaped not just a country but my own sense of storytelling — is something I could never have imagined.' He added, 'Getting to know Bruce, to explore his world and his spirit, has been one of the most profound creative experiences of my life. To share that experience with New York audiences, in a city that defines artistic possibility, is both an honor and a responsibility I hold with deep gratitude.' White, who won two Emmy Awards for his star turn in the Hulu series 'The Bear,' previously portrayed professional wrestler Kerry Von Erich on the big screen in 'The Iron Claw.' But for his latest role, the Brooklyn-born Calvin Klein underwear model endured more pressure for portraying the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. 'Getting that out, it was so much pressure,' the actor told Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' in June. 'You're playing a real person — nevermind Bruce Springsteen — and I was really touched [when] the trailer came out. I had more texts than when I blacked out and won that Golden Globe (for The Bear).' 'I didn't realize trailers were that big of a thing,' he added. 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' is expected to hit theaters Oct. 24. _______


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Bruce Springsteen biopic to premiere at New York Film Festival
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is slated to premiere at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival on Sept. 28. The film from Scott Cooper stars The Bear's Jeremy Allen White as a younger version of Bruce Springsteen, and follows the rocker as he creates his album Nebraska in 1982. According to an official synopsis, "this biographical drama focuses with gratifying specificity on the nitty-gritty of Springsteen's songwriting, while never shying away from the realities of his familial traumas and personal depression." The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffmann, Paul Walter Hauser, David Krumholtz and Odessa Young. We're thrilled to announce Scott Cooper's SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE as the Spotlight Gala selection of #NYFF63. At the premiere presentation on Sunday, September 28, Cooper and cast members Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, and Odessa Young will be in attendance,... New York Film Festival (@TheNYFF) August 11, 2025 "The New York Film Festival has always felt like a spiritual home for the kind of cinema I believe in," Cooper said in a statement. "... Getting to know Bruce, to explore his world and his spirit, has been one of the most profound creative experiences of my life. To share that experience with New York audiences, in a city that defines artistic possibility, is both an honor and a responsibility I hold with deep gratitude. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? will wrap the festival with its premiere. Jean Smart, Jeremy Allen White win big at Emmys
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01-07-2025
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Jeremy Allen White faced 'pressure' when Bruce Springsteen movie trailer was released
Jeremy Allen White could barely stand it. White, star of the hit FX series 'The Bear,' braced himself for the day the 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' trailer came out. 'Getting that out, it was so much pressure,' said White to Jimmy Fallon on the June 26 'Tonight Show.' 'You're playing a real person — never mind Bruce Springsteen — and I was really touched (when) the trailer came out. I had more texts than when I blacked out and won that Golden Globe (for 'The Bear').' White won Best Actor in a comedy series in 2023, and part of his acceptance speech was bleeped out due to profanity. White won a Golden Globe for the third time for 'The Bear' in January but did not attend the awards ceremony as he was filming 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' in New Jersey. The trailer for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,' which features White as Springsteen singing 'Born to Run' on a concert stage, was released on June 18. 'I didn't realize trailers were that big of a thing but, yeah, I'm breathing easy,' White said. 'People are really nice about the trailer and I'm excited.' 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,' from Disney's 20th Century Studios, is written and directed by Scott Cooper ('Crazy Heart,' 'Hostiles'). The film also features Jeremy Strong ('Succession') as Springsteen manager Jon Landau; Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan; Stephen Graham as Springsteen's father, Douglas; and Odessa Young as love interest, Faye. The film, based on the book 'Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska' by musician Warren Zanes, is scheduled to be released in theaters Friday, Oct. 24. Location filming began in New Jersey Oct. 28, 2024, at the Montclair Library's Bellevue Avenue branch. Shoots took place in Asbury Park (including the Stone Pony and Frank's Deli), Freehold, Rahway, Bayonne, Denville, Rockaway and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford for the 'Born to Run' concert scene. White does his own singing in the film. The Boss was often on the set of filming in New Jersey. The fourth seasons of 'The Bear,' which airs of Hulu, was released June 25. Subscribe to for the latest on Jersey celebs. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@ This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Why Jeremy Allen White felt pressure, Springsteen movie trailer
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20-06-2025
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Jeremy Allen White Strips It All Down in First Trailer For Bruce Springsteen Biopic ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere'
Fans will have to wait until Oct. 24 to see the eagerly anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. But they got a teaser on Wednesday morning (June 18) when the first trailer for the film starring The Bear's Jeremy Allen White as the Boss dropped, revealing the shape and mood of the film that will follow the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's introspective sessions for his stark, 1982 acoustic album Nebraska. The two-and-a-half minute preview opens with White as Springsteen sitting in a Camaro on a car lot as he tells the salesman that he's never owned a new vehicle before. 'It's awfully fitting for a handsome devil rock star,' the salesman says, tipping his hat that he knows exactly who his low-key, famous client is. 'Well that makes one of us,' White replies. More from Billboard Bruce Springsteen Says Goodbye to Brian Wilson & His 'Otherworldly Ear' for Music: 'Farewell, Maestro' Sunscreen, Speakers & More Pool Party Essentials to Help Heat Up Your Summer How 'Elio' Composer Rob Simonsen Married Space Disco, Choir Dolls & Talking Heads to Bring Pixar's Sci-Fi Adventure to Life We next see Springsteen in his New Jersey bedroom with his guitar tech Mike Batlan (Paul Walter Hauser) as he works out the stripped-down sound of the Nebraska title track. 'Don't need to be perfect,' he tells Batlan, 'I want it to feel like I'm in the room by myself.' Director Scott Cooper's movie also features Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeremy Strong as Springsteen's longtime manager and confidant Jon Landau, who is seen telling a record exec that his client's deeply personal album is 'not about the charts. This is about Bruce Springsteen and these are the songs that he wants to work on right now,' as White moans out the lyrics to the album's haunting title song. Over images of White looking at old pictures, Strong tells a story about the singer's childhood bedroom, which had a hole in its floor. That hole becomes a metaphor for Springsteen's complicated relationship with his withholding father (played by Adolescence's Stephen Graham). 'Bruce is a repairman,' Strong says. 'And what he's doing with this album is he's repairing that hole in his floor. He's repairing that hole in himself… and once he's done that, he's going to repair the entire world.' The two-and-a-half-minute trailer ends with triumphant footage of a sweat-drenched White howling 'Born to Run' on stage with the E Street Band, the veins in his neck strained to the extreme as he pulls off one of the rocker's signature stage hops. Springsteen spent time on the set of the film earlier this year and he professed to be very impressed with White's work. In a chat on SiriusXM's E Street Radio in January, the 75-year-old rocker was asked if it felt weird to see White play him on screen. 'A little bit at first, but you get over that pretty quick and Jeremy is such a terrific actor that you just fall right into it,' Springsteen said. 'He's got an interpretation of me that I think the fans will deeply recognize and he's just done a great job, so I've had a lot of fun. I've had a lot of fun being on the set when I can get there.' In high praise from the singer known for his signature raspy, emotive voice, Springsteen said White was nailing it. 'He sings well,' he said. 'He sings very well.' Springsteen gave his full blessing for the adaptation of Warren Zanes' book of the same name and in an interview earlier this year White said he'd studied hours and hours of video and worked with a vocal coach to nail Bruce's vocal tone and speaking cadence. The film also features Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces) as Springsteen's girlfriend, Gaby Hoffman (Transparent) as his mom, Adele, Marc Maron (Sticks) as record producer Chuck Plotkin and David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) as a Columbia Records executive. Check out the Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021