From Planet Rock.
Following the recent, high-profile Queen and Mötley Crüe biopics, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Dirt, a movie about The Sex Pistols is set to hit the big screen.
It’s been reported the UK firm Starlight Films has been working on the embryonic stages of movie for the past 18 months and casting will begin soon.
The as-yet-untitled film will apparently actually focus on the band’s late manager Malcolm McLaren, who died in 2010, and how he helped instigate the UK punk movement alongside his girlfriend, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.
McClaren and Westwood supplied punk fashions from their Chelsea boutique shop SEX and, under McClaren’s management, the Sex Pistols swiftly became a cultural phenomenon.
Although McClaren and Westwood will form the crux of the film, it will also chronicle the Sex Pistol’s rapid rise and fall over just two-a-half-years from 1975 to 1978.
In an interview with The Daily Star, filmmaker Ayesha Plunkett said of the Sex Pistols film: “We were impressed by the box office takings for Bohemian Rhapsody. It only goes to show the public has an appetite for these films.”
Film critic Brian Viner commented: “A Sex Pistols biopic, by definition, won’t have the same broad commercial appeal as Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, not to mention the new Danny Boyle film Yesterday, inspired by the music of The Beatles.
“But everything depends on how good it is. Whether you loved or hated the Sex Pistols, or were pretty indifferent to them as I was, they certainly represented a moment in history.
“If the film really captures the social and cultural significance of the punk movement, with humour and a lightness of touch, then it could tap into the powerful nostalgia market.”
Late Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious was previously played by Gary Oldman in the 1986 biopic ‘Sid and Nancy’.
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- Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant - 2nd - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (Back In Stock) (arrived 21-Feb-2025 13:36)
SEX PISTOLS Pretty Vacant (1978 UK issue of the 1977 7" single on the green/red Virgin label, also including a cover of The Stooges' No Fun. The flipback picture sleeve has a very small tear on the opening edge, but is free from splits with just some minor edge scuffing while the vinyl remains in excellent condition with a few sparse cosmetic hairlines, not impacting play VS184)
- Sex Pistols - The Very Best Of + 2 Inserts & Obi - EX - Japanese - vinyl LP - £150.00, $189.00, €181.50 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2025 15:40)
SEX PISTOLS The Very Best Of (Rare 1979 Japanese-only Nippon Columbia 13-track vinyl compilation LP, housed in a unique pink & green 'And We Don't Care' captioned sleeve complete with fold-out 'History Of The Sex Pistols' insert, lyric sheet and obi-strip. The sleeve is very clean with minimal wear or signs of age, the fold out inner carries a very small tear to the top left corner and the lyric insert shows a mild paper loss spot however, the vinyl is 'Excellent' with little signs of play. A really nice example, now hard to find in such a fantastic condition YX-7247-AX)
- Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant - 2007 - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Pretty Vacant (2007 UK limited edition 2-track 7" single pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl, issued to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of 'Never Mind The Bollocks'; including 'No Fun'. The vinyl appears barely played with replica late 70s Virgin labels and comes issued in a replica of the original smashed picture frame picture sleeve VS184)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK - 30th Anniversary - UK - 7" vinyl - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK (2007 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl issued to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of 'Never Mind The Bollocks', also including 'I Wanna Be Me'. The vinyl and sleeve are both in near mint condition EMI2566)
- Sex Pistols - Spunk - Punk Art sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 12-Feb-2025 14:37)
SEX PISTOLS Spunk - Punk Art sleeve (2023 UK limited edition vinyl 7" from London artist & musician MAL-ONE featuring his 'Not Another Punk Rock 45' track in an exclusive Sex Pistols decollage picture sleeve, using the original classic album artwork imagary of the band from MAL-ONE's own personal punk collection. The Giclee printed spined cover on 315gsm Heritage paper is one of a collection of original punk albums reworked into an exclusive limited edition of just 20 hand-numberedcopies per release (the lowest number in stock at the time of order will be sent), each signed and authenticated by the artist MAL-ONE and blind stamped with his Punk Art safety pin motif MAL-ONE-007)
- Sex Pistols - Spunk - Punk Art sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 12-Feb-2025 17:00)
SEX PISTOLS Spunk - Punk Art sleeve (2023 UK limited edition vinyl 7" from London artist & musician MAL-ONE featuring his 'Not Another Punk Rock 45' track in an exclusive Sex Pistols decollage picture sleeve, using the original classic album artwork imagary of the band from MAL-ONE's own personal punk collection. The Giclee printed spined cover on 315gsm Heritage paper is one of a collection of original punk albums reworked into an exclusive limited edition of just 20 hand-numberedcopies per release (the lowest number in stock at the time of order will be sent), each signed and authenticated by the artist MAL-ONE and blind stamped with his Punk Art safety pin motif MAL-ONE-007)
- Sex Pistols - Kiss This - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £95.00, $119.70, €114.95 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2025 10:36)
SEX PISTOLS Kiss This (1992 UK 20-track double compilation LP featuring all the classics, ironically now released through EMI. The gatefold picture sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear, mainly to the spine edge & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play V2702)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - EX - UK - picture disc LP - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2025 14:48)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (Rare original 1978 UK 12-track Picture Disc LP, housed in a pink die-cut sleeve with track titles printed on the reverse. The delicate sleeve is Excellent with minimal shelf wear & the disc remains in Excellent condition with just a little faint cosmetic reaction from the original inner bag which is present on most all copies we find. Overall an Excellent example VP2086) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - The Biggest Blow - 1st + Interview - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2025 15:08)
SEX PISTOLS The Biggest Blow (Original 1978 UK limited edition first press 3-track 12" vinyl single with 'VS-22012-A3' etched matrix for 'Side A' plus a small emblem of the twin Virgin ladies at 6o'c on the label, also including the un-credited interview between the band & Ronnie Biggs at the end of side one plus 'My Way' by Sid Vicious [credited to Sex Pistols] on Side B. The black & white picture sleeve shows a little age discolouration & shelfwear with the vinyl displaying a little cosmetic clouding not affecting play VS22012)
- Sex Pistols - The Mini Album - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2025 16:05)
SEX PISTOLS The Mini Album (1985 UK 6-track mini-LP, featuring Dave Goodman produced demos recorded between 13th & 30th July 1976. The picture sleeve [VG+] shows some edge wear and carries a small top split whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with little play APOCA3)
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