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 - 1st - A3/B1 [SPOTS Edition] + Submission 7" - UK - vinyl LP - £695.00, $896.55, €827.05 (New Item) (arrived 26-Jul-2024 15:07)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (Rare 1977 UK 1st issue graduated blue label 11-track LP with A3/B1 matrices [associated with the 'SPOTS001' edition] excluding Submission on the record & labels but WITH the single-sided 7" single for Submission. Comes housed in the iconic picture sleeve with blackmail lettering tracklist on a pink back cover but with no mention of Submission. The sleeve is Excellent with minor signs of its age & the vinyl is housed in the original plaindie-cut inner with 'MADE IN ENGLAND R.S. 9-77' text. The 7" vinyl grades Excellent with a few faint paper scuffs for its years & the vinyl LP is clean & in Excellent condition with just a few mild signs of play. A great example V2086) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 31-May-2024 14:41)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (1977 UK 12-track second issue 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 - Some Product - 1st - Stickered Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2024 16:26)
SEX PISTOLS Some Product (1979 UK first issue 7-track vinyl LP on the red / green Virgin label which 'sinks' halfway out, comprising a collection of interview snippets interspersed with radio spots. Housed in a picture sleeve with its original custom 'VR2' / price sticker on the front. The sleeve shows a little edge and corner wear and the vinyl looks barely played VR2)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $34.82, €32.12 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 13:39)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (UK/EU 12-track black vinyl LP edition of their classic album, first released in 1977. Pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, including the 'bonus' track Submission which is unredited on the sleeve. Picture sleeve replicating the original infamous & iconic artwork, brand new & factory sealed) #Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - 1st - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 13-Apr-2024 14:45)
SEX PISTOLS Holidays In The Sun (1977 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Satellite, plain die-cut paper sleeve VS191)
- Sex Pistols - Live '76 - 4 x Test Pressing - UK - 4-LP vinyl set - £695.00, $896.55, €827.05 (New Item) (arrived 15-Apr-2024 13:40)
SEX PISTOLS Live '76 (Super Rare Test Pressing for the 2016 UK 57-track 4-LP set, featuring four historic UK live recordings from 1976 at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall [4th June], Islington Screen On The Green [29th August], HM Prison Chelmsford [17th September] & 76 Club Burton On Trent [25th September]. Each label is plain white & unannotated with hand-scratched matrix detail in the run-outs [all matrices listed below]. The four vinyl discs weigh 140 grams each & eachvinyl disc remains in near 'as new' condition, housed in their respective plain die-cut reference sleeves. The sleeves have been annotated with the artist name, box set title & LP number. Note: LP3 is specifically marked 'not approved' due to the second side containing the second half of the Islington, Screen On The Green concert instead of the second half of the HM Prison Chelmsford gig - These are often some of the rarest types of test pressings, never intended for sale to the general public. Only a small select handful of these would have been produced & almost always destroyed soon after. It's a rare find indeed to secure a complete set of test pressings like this, unrepeatable & ideal for the serious punk collector SEXPISSLIVE1976LP)
- Sex Pistols - The Filth & The Fury - Red & White Vinyl - Numbered - RSD 2024 - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £59.99, $77.39, €71.39 (New Item) (arrived 09-May-2024 13:03)
SEX PISTOLS The Filth & The Fury: A Sex Pistols Film (Record Store Day 2024 UK/EU limited edition 18-track double album 2-LP pressed on Red & White Vinyl.The soundtrackto the Julien Temple directed film. Gatefold picture sleeve individually numbered and limited to 4500 copies, hype sticker & factory sealed)
- Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant - Silver Vinyl - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2024 15:32)
SEX PISTOLS Pretty Vacant Live (1996 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Silver Vinyl, also includes Buddies, both recorded at Finsbury Park, London on the 23rd June 1996, housed in a picture sleeve VUS113)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Punk Art sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 28-May-2024 11:15)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks - Punk Art sleeve (2024 UK limited edition vinyl 7" from London artist & musician MAL-ONE featuring his 'Punk Rock Clothes For Heroes' 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 ofjust 20 hand-numbered copies 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-011)
- Sex Pistols - The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle - Italian - 2-LP vinyl set - £45.00, $58.05, €53.55 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jun-2024 12:22)
SEX PISTOLS The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle (1979 Italian 23-track double LP featuring the music from the soundtrack, including Silly Thing & C'Mon Everybody, gatefold picture sleeve complete with the insert. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl has little sign of play. Lira for chaos! AVIL212510)
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