Sex Pistols Biopic Goes into Production
FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment.
Based on Jones’ 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the series from Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle, who will also serve as Executive Producer and director, was created by Craig Pearce and written by Pearce and Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Jones, Boyle and Pearce serve as Executive Producers alongside Gail Lyon, Anita Camarata, Tracey Seaward, Paul Lee, Hope Hartman and wiip. The series is produced by FX Productions and is set to begin production on March 7.
Pistol , a new six-episode limited TV series focusing on U.K. punk-rock icons The Sex Pistols , is being produced for FX. The series, which is based o.
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FX is moving forward with a limited series all about the influential punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
The band formed in the early 1970s and would go on to revolutionize the rock music scene going into the 1980s with their politically charged lyrics and often violent live performances. Although their run as a band was short-lived, they quickly cemented themselves in music history.
According to Deadline, the band will be the subject of a six-part limited series titled Pistol based on the memoir by Steve Jones titled Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol. The series will be helmed by Slumdog Millionaire and Yesterday director Danny Boyle and was created by Moulin Rouge! writer Craig Pearce, co-written by 24 Hour Party People Frank Cottrell Boyce.
FX has ordered Pistol, a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, with Academy Award winner Danny Boyle on board.
Pistol, a memoir miniseries following Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, and Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (
Slumdog Millionaire,
The six-part series, based on Jones’s 2018 memoir
Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, was created by
Moulin Rouge writer Craig Pearce.
Babyteeth’s Toby Wallce has signed on to play Jones, with
Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams as Jordan (aka Pamela Rooke), a popular punk artist. Other cast includes Anson Boon as John Lydon, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook, Fabien Frankel as Glen Matlock, Dylan Llewellyn as Wally Nightingale, Sydney Chandler as Chrissie Hynde, and Emma Appleton as Nancy Spungen.