Sex PistolsA long-rumoured Sex Pistols TV series has been confirmed.
As Variety reports, Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 127 Hours) will direct and executive produce the six-episode series, Pistol, based on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2018 memoir, Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol.
“Imagine breaking into the world of The Crown and Downton Abbey with your mates and screaming your songs and your fury at all they represent,” Boyle said.
“This is the moment that British society and culture changed forever. It is the detonation point for British street culture… where ordinary young people had the stage and vented their fury and their fashion… and everyone had to watch & listen… and everyone feared them or followed them. The Sex Pistols.
"At its centre was a young charming illiterate kleptomaniac – a hero for the times – Steve Jones, who became in his own words, the 94th greatest guitarist of all time. This is how he got there."
The cast includes Australian actor Toby Wallace (Jones) who played young Michael Hutchence in the 2014 INXS miniseries and appeared in Stan's Romper Stomper and 2019 film Babyteeth, as well as Anson Boon (John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon), Louis Partridge (Sid Vicious), Jacob Slater (Paul Cook) and Fabien Frankel (Glen Matlock).
Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams will play UK punk icon Jordan.
Production on Pistol, to air on FX, will commence on 7 March.
