Finn Wolfhard says the planned biopic of influential Minnesota post-punk band The Replacements has been sent to its director and that he hopes production can begin soon. The Stranger Things actor is developing the screenplay with his father, Rich, and producer Rich Peete, adapting Bob Mehr’s biography Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements.

Wolfhard said the band is personally important to him and that he wants the film to take a “weirder” approach, rather than emulate the polished style of Bohemian Rhapsody. Alongside acting and music, he recently co-directed Hell Of A Summer, produced and starred in Crash Land, and discussed a failed audition to play George Harrison in Sam Mendes’ forthcoming Beatles films.