Hulu Announces Travis Barker Plane Crash Documentary

Hulu has announced an upcoming documentary feature, "Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear," set to premiere on the streaming service this summer. The film centers on the Blink-182 drummer's personal journey following a near-fatal plane crash in 2008, exploring themes of survival, grief, and redemption.

Directed by Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer, and produced by Matthew Weaver and Nick Stern of Media Weaver Entertainment, the project features executive producers Lawrence Vavra and John Janick. Filmed over a decade, it offers an unfiltered examination of Barker's life beyond his music career, including interviews with collaborators, punk rock icons, and close family members. Barker, who rose from working as a trash collector in Laguna Beach, California, to becoming a pivotal figure in punk and rock through Blink-182, describes the documentary as highlighting "the amazing people I have in my life who carried me through it."

The narrative revolves around the September 19, 2008, crash of a Learjet 60 in Columbia, South Carolina, shortly after takeoff. The incident killed the two pilots, Barker's assistant Chris Baker, and security guard Charles "Che" Still. Barker and his friend, musician...