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 + Inner - EX - US - vinyl LP - £50.00, $63.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 18:00)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (1977 US Warner Bros 12-track vinyl LP including Submission and with Problems & God Save The Queen swapped around on the tracklisting. With no barcode to the back and a small deletion cut to the bottom edge,the pink & green picture sleeve has a little shelfwear visible to the edges and the blue & white picture inner has some light edgewear while the vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of play BSK3147 #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Holiday In The Sun - 30th Anniversary - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.75, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 13:00)
SEX PISTOLS Holiday In The Sun (2007 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl with with replica late 70s Virgin labels, issued to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of 'Never Mind The Bollocks', also including 'Satellite'.The vinyl has just minor signs of play and comes issued in a replica of the original withdrawn lyrical cartoon strip picture sleeve VS191)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Punk Art sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $95.25, €90.00 (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 - It's All Punk Rock + 7" - Limited Edition SEX PISTOLS sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $120.65, €114.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jul-2024 09:47)
SEX PISTOLS It's All Punk Rock - SEX PISTOLS sleeve (2021 UK limited edition 16-track vinyl LP + bonus 7" of 'It's All Punk Rock' (Full Version). The debut album from the London based musician & artist MAL-ONE known for his Punk Art sleeve designs and artwork, this is in an exclusive limited edition Sex Pistols sleeve of 20 hand-numbered copies only (the lowest number in stock at the time of order will be sent) and also includes a full colour poster,20-page lyric booklet and a signed and stamped Sex Pistols Punk Art print! All shrink sealed from new in its hype stickered picture sleeve, this is the first Punk Art concept album! MAL-ONELP001)
- Sex Pistols - Something Else - Punk Art Sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £75.00, $95.25, €90.00 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jul-2024 10:41)
SEX PISTOLS Something Else - Punk Art Sleeve (2020 UK limited edition vinyl 7" from London artist & musician MAL-ONE featuring his '430 Kings Road' track in an exclusive Sex Pistols decollage picture sleeve using original classic artwork images and ephemera of the artist. The Giclee printed spined cover on 315gsm Heritage paper is one of a collection of original punk 45 releases reworked into an exclusive limited edition of just 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 franked with his Punk Art safety pin motif. The Second Series of 14 x Punk Art 7" sleeves designed from using the artists own personal punk collection and mixing the 7” single and iconic images from the punk rock era into a modern art form)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - 12-tracks - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.10, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 23-Aug-2024 14:07)
SEX PISTOLS Never Mind The Bollocks (1977 UK 2nd issue graduated blue label 12-track LP including Submission on the record & labels, classic picture sleeve with blackmail lettering tracklist on a pink back cover but with no mention of Submission. The sleeve shows moderate wear with a few spots of discolouration, there is a name annotation to one label and the vinyl has just a few light signs of play V2086) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - 1st - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.40, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2024 15:10)
SEX PISTOLS Holidays In The Sun (1977 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Satellite, superb cartoon strip picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light wear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with the odd cosmetic paper scuff and few signs of play VS191)
- Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun - 1st - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.40, €24.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 01-Oct-2024 16:34)
SEX PISTOLS Holidays In The Sun (1977 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Satellite, superb cartoon strip picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light wear and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with the odd cosmetic paper scuff and few signs of play VS191)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $34.28, €32.39 (New Item) (arrived 01-Oct-2024 16:47)
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 - Holiday In The Sun - 30th Anniversary - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.75, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 24-Oct-2024 17:00)
SEX PISTOLS Holiday In The Sun (2007 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on Heavyweight Vinyl with with replica late 70s Virgin labels, issued to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of 'Never Mind The Bollocks', also including 'Satellite'.The vinyl has just minor signs of play and comes issued in a replica of the original withdrawn lyrical cartoon strip picture sleeve VS191)
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