Good team. Sayles will write HBO's upcoming series, tentatively titled Scar Tissue, based on Anthony Kiedis' childhood - which, we gather from Kiedis' autobiography, his songs, and the description of this show, was way different from ours...
Drama, tentatively titled "Scar Tissue" (the name of Kiedis' autobiography), centers on the rocker's early years living in West Hollywood with his father. At that time, Kiedis' dad, known as Spider, sold drugs and mingled with rock stars on the Sunset Strip, all while aspiring to get into showbiz.
The series will be set in 1970s West Hollywood and Los Angeles and include the rockers encountered by Kiedis and his father (who, according to legend, was a drug dealer for the Who and Led Zeppelin, among others).
Apparently, Spider first introduced a preteen Anthony to drugs by mashing them into bananas. Of course he did. Anyway, even if they change the title of this series, it won't become Californication. Because that one's already taken. Which, if you recall, is the subject of a tidy little lawsuit. Eh, at this point Kiedis and Sayles probably wouldn't want to be associated with David Duchovny's sex fantasy, um, we mean television series. Although it would be awesome if the two shows faced off, and Kiedis and Sayles destroyed David Duchovny and all the women he'd like to sleep with, if he hasn't already.
We hope they stick with Scar Tissue as the title. It's a good title. And a great song: