Robert Pattinson Is Not Kurt Cobain

I love it when the British just start making sh*t up...I mean, we certainly do our fair share of fictionalizing the news here in America, as well, but none do it quite so blatantly, or with nearly as much panache, as the English tabloids. It really is the worst kind of hit-whoring, creating a story solely for the purpose of pairing up Robert Pattinson and Scarlett Johansson in the Google search. Of course, the fact that we're even reporting on this story is its own kind of hit-whoring - largely because you people will click on anything with the word "Pattinson" in the title - but at least we're not just making things up to do it....

That said, if you're looking for a laugh, check out this story in The Sun which claims that Courtney Love has given her blessing to a film about Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain, in which the iconic musician will be played by Robert Pattinson and Love herself will be portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. Oh, right, and David Fincher is also directing...The fictional film, titled All Apologies, isn't entirely fabricated, as a project about the life of Kurt Cobain has been in some level of development for years now.

Thankfully, Spin is currently quoting Love's manager, Jonathan Daniel, denying the rumor outright:

"That's an amazing story, and the first I've heard of any of this," Jonathan Daniel tells SPIN.com about The Sun's report. "They manage to fit pretty much everyone in Hollywood into an article without one fact check and include a 'My First Photoshop' job as a 'mock up' to boot!" Daniel says the idea of this film was discussed before he began working with Love, and its working title is Heavier Than Heaven, not All Apologies, as The Sun reported. A production deal with Universal does exist, however.

All things considered, however, there may be some small level of truth to some of this. Certainly, one would imagine that Love would wield some degree of creative control over a possible Nirvana movie, and the casting of either Pattinson or Johansson isn't entirely implausible. But Fincher is certainly tied up with a number of forthcoming projects, one of which is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and would be seemingly unavailable if the project were actively moving forward.

Check back with UGO for more as things come together.