Brazilian company RT Features has acquired the film rights to Bob Dylan‘s 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. Although the album carries a theme of heartache, not all of the tracks are downbeat. Yes, there’s the wistful “Shelter from the Storm”, but there’s also the jaunty “Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts”. Critics have claimed that Blood is based off Dylan’s separation from his third wife (even his son, Jakob Dylan, has said “The songs are my parents talking.”), but in his autobiography, Dylan said that the song were inspired by the short stories of Anton Chekov.

The press release doesn’t state how producers Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro envision the movie, and no director is currently attached. I’m hoping the filmmakers edge away from the autobiographical (I’m Not There is the definitive non-documentary Dylan movie) , and while I’m not necessarily opposed to an Across the Universe approach (even though I think that movie is terrible), it’s difficult to force a narrative around tracks without the plot coming off as contrived. But Dylan’s songs have always had an element of storytelling, and “Jack of Hearts” could probably serve as the basis for its own movie. Hit the jump for the press release.

Here’s the press release: