Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was the singer/guitarist and songwriter for the Aberdeen, Washington band Nirvana. There is rumored to be an upcoming film that will profile his life, focusing much attention on the band Nirvana. This film will apparently be titled, All Apologies

All Apologies is the name of an allegedly upcoming movie that will profile the band Nirvana as well as Kurt Cobain himself. The film was rumored to have been spearheaded by Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, though she has denied these reports.http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2010/04/09/robert-pattinson-not-playing-kurt-cobain-in-movie/

On April 9, 2010, it was announced that actor Robert Pattinson would star in the film and play the role of Kurt Cobain.http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/04/robert_pattinson_to_play_kurt.html Kerrang.com reports that Pattinson has been in contact with Love recently. It is alleged that he has been calling and emailing her "non-stop".http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/04/robert_pattinson_to_play_kurt.html The Sun reports that a source knowledgeable about the situation believes that "[Love] has been a bit wound up by [Pattinson's] manners, but he is her number one choice to play Kurt".http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/04/robert_pattinson_to_play_kurt.html

Nirvana is widely credited for bringing grunge music to the mainstream and opening the doors for fellow Seattle bands such as Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains to achieve widespread success. Nirvana's breakthrough was their 1991 album Nevermind which, propelled by smash hit singles such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium," sold over 10 million copies and turned the band into an overnight sensation. The extreme fame made Cobain uncomfortable, however, particularly the fact that he had unwillingly been christened the "spokesman of a generation" because his songs resonated so well with Generation X.

Nirvana would go on to release one more studio album (In Utero, their third) and a live acoustic album (Unplugged) before Cobain's struggles with fame and heroin addiction led him to commit suicide at age 27 in his Seattle home in April of 1994. Cobain was survived by his widow, Hole singer Courtney Love, and daughter Francis Bean.

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1998: Kurt & Courtney

• 2005: Last Days

• 2007: About A Son

• Washington Post: 'Last Days': Kurt Cobain in Thin Disguise (2005)

• Rolling Stone: "About A Son - Behind the Movie That's Moving Audiences to Tears"

• Entertainment Earth: Kurt Cobain Action Figures