The Beatles Could Unlock a Deliver Me From Nowhere Sequel as Director Teases What’s Next
Even with early buzz running lukewarm, Scott Cooper is already plotting a Deliver Me From Nowhere sequel with Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen — and he wants the Boss’s life to get a four-film treatment to rival Sam Mendes’ Beatles saga.
Scott Cooper is already talking sequel for his Bruce Springsteen movie, 'Deliver Me From Nowhere.' That might sound fast, but given what this film actually covers, it tracks. And yes, Jeremy Allen White would be back in the boots.
Why Cooper thinks there is more story to tell
Unlike most music biopics that try to cram a whole life into two hours, this one zeroes in on Springsteen wrestling with the 'Nebraska' album. That leaves a lot of untouched terrain in Bruce-world, and Cooper is eyeing it. He even pointed to Sam Mendes doing four separate Beatles movies as evidence that sprawling music careers can handle multiple chapters. He told Variety he sees Springsteen the same way.
"If you can make four Beatles movies, you can make a couple of Bruce Springsteen movies."
Cooper also says Springsteen is into the idea. According to the director, Bruce loved the finished film and felt comfortable letting someone put a pretty painful period of his life onscreen. Cooper stops short of speaking for him, but the vibe is: if there is a Part 2, Springsteen won’t be the holdout.
Reception so far (and why that matters)
The sequel talk still depends on how this one performs. The first wave of reviews has been more mixed than rapturous, and that could slow momentum unless audiences show up. Snapshot of where things stand:
- IMDb: 6.4
- Rotten Tomatoes: 62% critics, 84% audience
- Runtime: 120 minutes
If it legs out commercially, expect those sequel conversations to get louder.
Jeremy Allen White has Bruce's voice down, apparently a little too well
White is already drawing awards chatter for the performance, and it is not just the acting. A fun nerdy detail: on set, there were moments when Springsteen himself reportedly couldn’t tell if he was hearing his own vocals or White’s covers. One of White’s co-stars told THR that Bruce was genuinely thrown a couple of times. That’s not nothing.
Bottom line: if Mendes can carve up The Beatles into four features, it is not crazy to think Springsteen’s life could fuel at least one more film. The current movie only covers 'Nebraska'; the rest of the road is long.
'Deliver Me From Nowhere' is in theaters now. If you want more Bruce on the big screen, vote with your ticket.