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 - Never Mind The Bollocks - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 20-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (1977 UK second press 12-track LP including Submission, iconic picture sleeve with blackmail lettering tracklist on the back cover but with no mention of Submission. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play V2086) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant - 1st - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 11:40)
SEX PISTOLS Pretty Vacant (1977 UK solid centre 7" single on the blue label, also including a cover of The Stooges' No Fun', paper flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little edgewear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with only a few light surface scuffs VS184)
- Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £45.00, $56.70, €54.45 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 15:16)
SEX PISTOLS God Save The Queen (1977 UK solid centre 7" single, also including Did You No Wrong, thin paper picture sleeve featuring Jamie Reid's iconic artwork. The sleeve shows just a little light edgewear and the vinyl appears near as new VS181)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK - EA - EX - French - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.20, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 16:18)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK (1977 French wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including I Wanna Be Me, picture sleeve which has EA printed price code and BA sticker on the back. The sleeve has the date '15.8.77' handwritten on the back openingedge, whilst the vinyl shows just a little cosmetic mottling)
- Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - 2nd - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Holidays In The Sun (1978 UK 7" vinyl single on the green & red Virgin label, also including Satellite, with French BA picture sleeve. VS191)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK - EA - EX - French - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.20, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK (1977 French wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including I Wanna Be Me, picture sleeve which has EA printed price code and BA sticker on the back. The sleeve has the date '15.8.77' handwritten on the back openingedge, whilst the vinyl shows just a little cosmetic mottling)
- Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £45.00, $56.70, €54.45 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS God Save The Queen (1977 UK solid centre 7" single, also including Did You No Wrong, thin paper picture sleeve featuring Jamie Reid's iconic artwork. The sleeve shows just a little light edgewear and the vinyl appears near as new VS181)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK - EA - French - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK (1977 French wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including I Wanna Be Me, picture sleeve which has EA price code print on the back)
- Sex Pistols - C'Mon Everybody - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.60, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS C'Mon Everybody (1979 UK 3-track solid centre 7" single, featuring vocals by Sid Vicious taken from 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle' soundtrack, also includes God Save The Queen Symphony & Watcha Gonna Do About It. The picture sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition VS272)
- Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - EA price code - French - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-Dec-2024 11:53)
SEX PISTOLS Holidays In The Sun (1977 French wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including Satellite. The picture sleeve has the EA price code print on the back and shows a little wear. The vinyl reveals minimal signs of play)
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