A Bon Jovi studio photo session in Tokyo in October 1984 Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is tuning up a definitive biopic on the formative years of Bon Jovi, the quartet that emerged from humble New Jersey origins to sell over 130 million albums, and earn their way into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Multiple studios chased the project, and Universal just closed the deal.