Is there a bit of country music jealousy going on in the Marvel family? Tom Hiddleston is gearing up to star in a biopic of the legendary Hank Williams, and now his on-screen brother, Chris Hemsworth, has optioned the rights to Steve Earle’s novel I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, which he plans to star in and produce, according to TheWrap.
The book also has a Hank Williams flavour as it’s about Toby ‘Doc’ Ebersole, who was involved in Williams’ death back in 1953. 10 years after that event, Ebersole has had his medical license revoked and is living in the red light district of San Antonio, Texas, where he supports his drug habit by performing illegal medical procedures. And just to make things a bit more complicated, he’s constantly haunted by Hank’s ghost.
The title comes from the last single Hank Williams released while he was alive.
Benjamin Grayson adapted the screenplay and will also direct. It’s not clear when it will shoot.