--- description: The film will debut on HBO, and Universal will release the film internationally in 2015 title: HBO Lands Brett Morgen’s Kurt Cobain Documentary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7da4b2544fbb442b/69876b29cd6848a255098421/3219773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # HBO Lands Brett Morgen's Kurt Cobain Documentary by [Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2014 2:47 AM CUT  Kurt Cobain, performs with his group Nirvana at a taping of MTV Unplugged in New York City on Nov. 18, 1993 Kurt Cobain, performs with his group Nirvana at a taping of MTV Unplugged in New York City on Nov. 18, 1993Frank Micelotta—Getty Images by [Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2014 2:47 AM CUT Two years after airing Brett Morgen’s Rolling Stones documentary, _Crossfire Hurricane,_ HBO has signed up to air his long-simmering documentary on Kurt Cobain. The Nirvana frontman died in 1994 at the age of 27 and has been the subject of many books and films since, including other documentaries like 1998’s _Kurt & Courtney_ and 2006’s _Kurt Cobain: About a Son._ Morgen’s been working on his documentary, _Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,_ for over five years and says he hopes the film will show Cobain fans that the man wasn’t only the face of Nirvana. “The thing about him people might not know too is that he was an incredible visual artist and left behind a treasure chest of comic books, paintings, Super 8 films, all sorts,” Morgen [told _Fact_ in 2013.](http://www.factmag.com/2013/01/04/director-brett-morgen-reveals-first-details-of-kurt-cobain-documentary/ "undefined") “We are going to do the movie sort of like a third-person autobiography, as if Kurt was around and making a film about his life.” Frances Bean Cobain, Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter, is executive producing. The film will debut on HBO and Universal will release the film internationally in 2015. [_This article originally appeared on Ew.com_](http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/11/25/hbo-kurt-cobain-documentary-brett-morgen/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3606840/kurt-cobain-hbo-lands-brett-morgens-documentary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3606840/kurt-cobain-hbo-lands-brett-morgens-documentary/"},"headline":"HBO Lands Brett Morgen's Kurt Cobain Documentary","datePublished":"2014-11-26T02:47:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:23:58.718Z","description":"The film will debut on HBO, and Universal will release the film internationally in 2015","url":"https://time.com/3606840/kurt-cobain-hbo-lands-brett-morgens-documentary/","keywords":["movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7da4b2544fbb442b/69876b29cd6848a255098421/3219773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7da4b2544fbb442b/69876b29cd6848a255098421/3219773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kurt Cobain On 'MTV Unplugged'","caption":"Kurt Cobain On 'MTV Unplugged'","creditText":"Frank Micelotta—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3606840/kurt-cobain-hbo-lands-brett-morgens-documentary/","name":"HBO Lands Brett Morgen's Kurt Cobain Documentary"}}]}] ```