Stacked Actors: The Foo Fighters Get In The Scary Movie Business With ‘Studio 666’
In “Times Like These” a rock star could get into the movies.
The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – and the rest of the band – are headed to the big screen. Grohl and company will headline the horror comedy Studio 666, a film they shot in secret. The film is about what happened when the legendary rock band rents a mansion in Encino, one that is rock and roll history, to record their tenth album.
But Grohl has writer’s block, and the evil forces living in the house sink into his consciousness, he gets unblocked, but at what cost to his fellow bandmates? Will the Foo Fighters complete the album or will it be a posthumous release?
“After decades of ridiculous music videos and numerous music documentaries under our collective belts, it was finally time to take it to the next level… A full length feature horror comedy film,” said Grohl, in a press release.
The Foo Fighters, aka Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee will play themselves (of course.) Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega, and Jeff Garlin also will appear in the film, with BJ McDonnell (Hatchet III) directing. Grohl said that the film started as “a far-fetched idea that blossomed into something bigger than we ever imagined possible.”
“Filmed at the same house where we recorded our latest album Medicine at Midnight — told you that place was haunted! — we wanted to recapture the classic magic that all of our favorite rock and roll movies had, but with a twist: hilarious gore that f*cking rocks,” said Grohl.
Open Road Films has the worldwide distribution rights, and the movie will have a wide domestic theatrical release in over 2,000 theatres on February 25th 2022.