Eddie Vedder Turns Catholic, Solves Mysteries, Brings the Ghost of Kurt Cobain Along 

It’s only October but NBC is already hyping what they expect to be the jewel of their Summer 2011 TV lineup.

In “Don’t Call Me Father”, grunge rocker Eddie Vedder plays, “Father Eddie” a Catholic priest who goes against the wishes of the Vatican and starts up paranormal investigation business.  Father Eddie is soon joined by a familiar face, the ghost of Kurt Cobain.

“The Catholics think suicide is a sin and Kurt is working off that sin by assisting Father Eddie”, say creator / executive producer Donald Bellisario Jr. “Each week Kurt gets closer to wiping the slate clean, while reflecting on the choices he made that put him in that position in the first place.”

When asked how producers were able to add Cobain to the cast, considering that he died in 1994, Bellisario lets out a laugh.  “These days, dead only means that the talent may have a scheduling issue or two.  We have teamed with the industry’s top special affects artists and motion capture teams to create a “Ghost Cobain” that is in many ways superior to the original Kurt.  I mean, we took some liberties with him, of course.  Our Kurt has changed a bit from the 27 year old we all remember.  He’s older, wiser and a bit more conservative politically. We also made him right-handed. The motion capture machine doesn’t work on lefties.”

Kurt’s voice was originally provided by Val Kilmer, but he was replaced by Jared Leto after the pilot.  “We were going to synthesize Kurt’s dialog from historic interviews, but it’s almost impossible to find him saying anything without Courtney Love talking over him.  Jared is a top talent who knows how to control his woman. This is a good fit for us.”

KGRA requested an interview with Vedder, but just got his answering machine, where he talks about his involvement.