Danny Boyle is directing and producing a major new series on legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
The six-part series has been commissioned by FX and is scheduled to begin production on March 7.
Based on Jones’s 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, Oscar®-winning Danny Boyle series, who will also serve as executive producer and director, was created by Craig Pearce and written by Pearce and Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Anarchy: Danny Boyle directs and produces major new series about legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones (photo Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and Paul Cook)
Pistol stars a series of rising stars as a group, formed in 1975. Toby Wallace plays Steve Jones, Anson Boon is John Lydon, Louis Partridge appears as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater is Paul Cook, Fabien Frankel is Glen Matlock and Dylan Llewellyn plays Wally Nightingale, who founded the group with Jones and Cook but was fired in 1975.
The supporting cast also includes Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams as punk icon Jordan as well as Sydney Chandler as Chrissie Hynde and Emma Appleton as Nancy Spungen.
Nick Grad, president of original programming, FX Entertainment, said in a statement Monday.
“It’s great to be back in business with Danny Boyle, an outstanding artist responsible for so many great feature films and TV series.
Acclaimed: Based on Jones’s 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the Oscar®-winning series by Danny Boyle, who will also be executive producer and director
“ Steve Jones was at the center of the storm that shook the rock establishment and we are delighted that Danny and the rest of the creative team are telling his story as a member of one of music’s most notorious bands. – the Sex Pistols. ”
“Imagine stepping into the world of The Crown and Downton Abbey with your friends and screaming your songs and your fury at all they stand for,” Boyle added. “This is the time when British society and culture changed forever.
“This is the detonation point of British street culture … where ordinary young people took the stage and expressed their fury and fashion … and everyone had to watch and listen … and everyone had them. feared or followed them.
Leading man: Guitarist Steve Jones (left) is played by Australian actor Toby Wallace
Icons: Sid Vicious is played by Louis Partridge, best known for his role as Tewkesbury in the Netflix original film Enola Holmes
Bassist Glen Matlock is played by London-born Fabien Frankel, who previously performed in NYPD Blue
“The Sex Pistols. At its center was a charming young illiterate kleptomaniac – a hero for the time – Steve Jones, who became, in his own words, the 94th greatest guitarist of all time. This is how he got there.
Anchored by the memoir of Jones, which offers a fascinating new perspective on one of the greatest rock stories of all time, Pistol moves from West London council estates, to Vivienne’s famous Kings Road SEX shop Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, to the international controversy that accompanied the release of Never mind the B * llocks.
Their single ‘God Save the Queen’ was banned by the BBC and reached No.1 on the UK’s NME charts, but appeared at No.2 on the official UK Singles charts, leading to charges that the song was deliberately kept out of the top spot.
Iconic: John Lydon, otherwise known as Johnny Rotten, is played by Anson Boon
Guitarist Wally Nightingale, who founded the group with Jones and Paul Cook but was fired in 1975 is played by Dylan Llewellyn
Danny Boyle has had an acclaimed television and film career. His 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Oscars and won eight, including the Oscar for Best Director.
In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director of the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He was then offered a knight as part of New Year’s honors, but declined.
Lead role: The supporting cast also includes Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams as punk icon Jordan
