Trent Reznor is aiming to bring a Nine Inch Nails album to a television screen near you.
Nine Inch Nails were massive in size and scale. The industrial legends enjoyed huge success, but the sales figures ignore a tortuous career which saw leader Trent Reznor battle a heroin addiction.
Now settling into a solo career, Trent Reznor has launched a number of new projects. Now reports indicate that a 2007 album by industrial giants Nine Inch Nails could be turned into a TV mini-series.
Released in 2007, ‘Year Zero’ was an ambitious concept album. Hailed by critics, the album was followed by an extravagant and lengthy tour, which saw Nine Inch Nails play dates around the world.
Remaining a highlight of the band’s career, Nine Inch Nails are set to turn the album into a mini-series. Trent Reznor has confirmed the news, with ‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Lawrence Bender also on board.
Writer Daniel Knauf is set to take part, with HBO and BBC Worldwide Productions joining forces to fund the project.
Speaking to LA Times, Trent Reznor confirmed the news. “We are in pre-production with HBO and BBC to do a miniseries,” said the singer. “We are in pre-production with HBO and BBC to do a miniseries,”
“It’s been an interesting and very educational process and it cleared the HBO hurdle a few months ago and now we’re writing drafts back and forth. So it’s very much alive and incubating at the moment.”
Meanwhile, Trent Reznor continues to work on new material. With Nine Inch Nails now a memory the singer is looking to the future, after giving away a recent six track EP on his website.
A full length album from Reznor’s new group is set to follow in early 2011.
