Back in 2014 it was revealed that Banger Films had been hired on to put together a documentary on Soundgarden with a call for footage and audio even being put out. As it turns out, that project was scrapped and the focus has since shifted into a documentary on the band’s frontman/guitarist, Chris Cornell. Banger Films‘ Sam Dunn recently confirmed the status of the documentary in the below video:
“The short answer is no, we will not be doing a Soundgarden documentary. We unfortunately… we were in a long development phase with the band and we put the call out to fans and people who loved the band and had photos and memorabilia in their collection—things that we might be able to use for the film.
But unfortunately, kind of at the last minute—the one yard line if you will—the plan kind of fell apart. Not everyone in the band wanted to do the film. That’s the crux of it. Now, we are—although it’s not officially being announced yet, I’ll say it anyway— is we will be doing a Chris Cornell documentary, which I’m really excited about because, although 1/4th of Soundgarden, this is a guy whose career is obviously a huge part of the Soundgarden story and vice versa.
But also his story goes far beyond Soudgarden obviously with Audioslave and his solo project. So in a sense we will be telling—to some extent—the story of Soundgarden through Chris‘ film, but it will of course be about much more than that.”
