‘Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story’ coming to Hulu
It’s Bon Jovi behind the scenes.
“Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” the first-ever docu-series on the band’s history with “full cooperation from all past and present members,” is coming to Hulu for the band’s 40th anniversary.
The four-part series, directed by filmmaker Gotham Chopra, will premiere Friday, April 26, on Hulu and is “coming soon” to Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ elsewhere.
The documentary will provide “a view behind the music and the man,” according to Hulu.
“As thrilling as the story of a once-in-a-lifetime talent is, it is even more rare that a legend like Jon Bon Jovi lets the world into his most vulnerable moments while he’s still living them,” states a Hulu news release. “Forty years of personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics and never-before-seen photos that chronicle the journey from Jersey Shore clubs to the biggest stages on the planet. The series relives the triumphs and setbacks, greatest hits, biggest disappointments and most public moments of friction.”
Friction arose when Richie Sambora, band guitarist and co-songwriter, left Bon Jovi mid-tour in 2013, expressing a desire to spend more time with his family. Prior to that, he missed 13 shows on the Bon Jovi Live tour in 2011 when he entered rehab.
Sambora joined the band onstage in 2018 when Bon Jovi was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has remained optimistic about a full-on reunion over the years, despite no recent public declarations from Jon Bon Jovi about the matter.
The group’s debut album, “Bon Jovi,” was released 40 years ago on Jan. 21, 1984.
Bon Jovi was formed by Jon Bon Jovi, a native of the Sherwood Forest section of Sayreville. He enlisted David Bryan, Edison; Tico Torres, Woodbridge; Richie Sambora, Woodbridge; and Alec John Such, Perth Amboy, to join the band after his single “Runaway” became a hit on New York City radio.
Only Bryan and Torres, with Bon Jovi, are still in the band. Such passed away 2022.
Chopra, co-founder of “The Religion of Sports,” has worked on projects with Tom Brady (“Tom v Time” and “Man in the Arena”), Kobe Bryant (“Kobe Bryant’s Muse”), Lebron James (“Shut Up and Dribble”), Stephen Curry (“Stephen v The Game”), Simone Biles (“Simone v Herself”), Conor McGregor (“McGregor Forever”), Serena Williams (“In the Arena: Serena Williams”) and more.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com