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 - Live '76 - 4 x Test Pressing - UK - 4-LP vinyl set - £695.00, $854.85, €806.20 (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 - Flogging A Dead Horse - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 08-Mar-2024 09:24)
SEX PISTOLS Flogging A Dead Horse (1979 UK 14-track compilation LP on the red & green Virgin label, including tracks taken from their 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols' and 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle' albums as well as a selection of B-side recordings, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in great condition with few signs of play V2142)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Peach & Green Sleeve - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $36.89, €34.79 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2024 13:52)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (2020 UK/EU limited edition 12-track black vinyl LP including the bonus track Sub-Mission. Housed inside a replica of the 1977 USA colour variant picture sleeve printed in peachy pink with a green splash, and track titles in blackmail lettering on the back cover. Includes the party classics God Save The Queen and Anarchy In The UK..! Brand new & factory sealed) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.30, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2024 10:48)
SEX PISTOLS (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (1980 UK 7" single featuring a version of the hit made famous by The Monkees, taken from the movie 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle'. Also includes Pistols Propaganda. The picture sleeve is Excellent with minimal ring wear & the vinyl is Excellent with the odd faint paper hairline not affecting play VS339)
- Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant - 1st - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $30.75, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Jan-2024 16:36)
SEX PISTOLS Pretty Vacant (1977 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single with the gradient blue Virgin labels, also including their cover of The Stooges No Fun. Issued in the iconic Jamie Reed picture sleeve, the vinyl remains near 'as new' with few signs of play VS184)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. - 2nd - VG - UK - 7" vinyl - £50.00, $61.50, €58.00 (New Item) (arrived 02-Feb-2024 11:06)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The UK (1976 UK second EMI press 7" single with four-prong centre, also including 'I Wanna Be Me' with Dave Goodman production credit, housed in the original die-cut company paper sleeve. The label has a small spot of paperloss and a vintage shop stamp whilst the vinyl is clean & in 'Very Good' condition & paper hairline scuffs which have little effect on play EMI2566)
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. - 2nd - UK - 7" vinyl - £125.00, $153.75, €145.00 (New Item) (arrived 21-Feb-2024 15:12)
SEX PISTOLS Anarchy In The U.K. (1976 UK second EMI press 7" single with intact four-prong centre, also including I Wanna Be Me with Dave Goodman production credit, housed in the original die-cut company paper sleeve. The vinyl appears near Mint EMI2566)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - 180gm Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $30.74, €28.99 (New Item) (arrived 21-Feb-2024 16:07)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (2014 UK limited edition Back To Black issue of the classic 1977 12-track LP pressed on 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl [with the GZ Vinyl stamp in the deadwax], including the singles Anarchy In The UK, God Save The Queen, Pretty Vacant and Holidays In The Sun. The matt picture sleeve shows some very minor creasing on the edges but the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with a only a couple of cosmetic hairline papermarks and few signs of play SEXPISLP77) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - 180gm Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $30.74, €28.99 (New Item) (arrived 21-Feb-2024 17:12)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (2014 UK limited edition Back To Black issue of the classic 1977 12-track LP pressed on 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl [with the GZ Vinyl stamp in the deadwax], including the singles Anarchy In The UK, God Save The Queen, Pretty Vacant and Holidays In The Sun. The matt picture sleeve shows some very minor creasing on the edges but the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with a only a couple of cosmetic hairline papermarks and few signs of play SEXPISLP77) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Red/Green labels - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.90, €34.80 (New Item) (arrived 19-Mar-2024 11:02)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1980s UK 12-track vinyl LP, with red & green Virgin labels, housed in the classic non-barcoded yellow & pink titled picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a couple of marks but minimal wear whilst the vinyl appears barely played. OVED136) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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