“Shout It Out Loud” – the official biopic of Kiss – has a new director

Deadline reports that STX Entertainment’s planned Kiss biopic “Shout It Out Loud” is currently in final talks for director Joseph McGinty Nichol, also known as McG. Talks are on for Lionsgate to co-finance and distribute the movie globally. Production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2025, and casting is reportedly in progress. Darren Lemke (“Shazam!”, “Gemini Man”) wrote the most recent draft of the script. A director credit for Joachim Rønning, a Norwegian filmmaker known for films including “Kon-Tiki,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” was originally attached to “Shout It Out Loud,” which was originally scheduled to premiere on Netflix.

Speaking to Talking Metal in 2021, veteran Kiss manager Doc McGhee revealed that the script for “Shout It Out Loud” was finished and focused on the band’s first four years.

Basically, it’s before they were famous — it was up to Cadillac High, that kind of thing. And I think it’s a very interesting look at the formation of KISS, the mindset of how that came about, the social pressure that everybody was in in the ’60s and ’70s that brought something like KISS to the forefront, that it could actually happen. So it’s a very interesting, and I think it’s a well-written movie.

Definitely happening. And that’s gonna be really interesting. The script was really good. And we really waited until we felt comfortable. And I will tell you this: for casting to be accurate in terms of age, we are looking at actors in their early 20s. Honestly, I don’t know a whole lot of actors in their early 20s. When people get asked these kinds of questions, they’ll say, ‘Oh, BAnd I will tell you this: for casting to be accurate in terms of age, we are looking at actors in their early 20s. Honestly, I don’t know a whole lot of actors in their early 20s. When people get asked these kinds of questions, they’ll say, ‘Oh, Brad Pitt,’ or this one or that one. Well, those guys are in their 50s or 60s, so you’re talking about another generation of actors. And I’m the first to say I’m not up on a lot of them. But as the casting process goes on, I’ll certainly be there and watching. It’ll be interesting to see how someone else — be it the casting people or the director — how they view who I am and who they see doing that. I think I’ll learn a lot about their perception of me by who they cast.rad Pitt,’ or this one or that one. Well, those guys are in their 50s or 60s, so you’re talking about another generation of actors. And I’m the first to say I’m not up on a lot of them. But as the casting process goes on, I’ll certainly be there and watching. It’ll be interesting to see how someone else — be it the casting people or the director — how they view who I am and who they see doing that. I think I’ll learn a lot about their perception of me by who they cast. Paul Stanley in 2021