Danny Boyle has been hard at work of late on his miniseries based on the rise of seminal punk band The Sex Pistols. And now the first images from the series are online.
Based on Steve Jones' memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol, Pistol moves from West London’s council estates, to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s notorious Kings Road SEX shop, to the international controversy that came with the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, which is frequently listed as one of the most influential albums of all time. Their single “God Save the Queen” was banned by the BBC and reached Number 1 on the UK’s NME chart, but appeared at Number 2 on the Official UK Singles chart, leading to accusations that the song was purposely kept off the top spot. For the only time in chart history, the track was listed as a blank, to avoid offence to the monarchy.
Maisie Williams, Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Emma Appleton, Dylan Llewellyn are among the cast, and the show should be on screens (likely via the Disney+ Star arm here in the UK) next year.