Do we all remember the news of the biopic for pre-punk, British pub-rock star Ian Dury titled, “Sex & Drugs and Rock N’ Roll” (the title of his most famous song; yes, he coined that phrase).
As we reported in April, Andy Serkis, erstwhile CGI-facialist for Peter Jackson (Golem in the “LOTR”series, “King Kong”) is playing Dury and the supporting cast — Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Naomie Harris, Noel Clarke, Toby Jones, MacKenzie Crook and Bill Milner — is rather excellent.
Well, Hollywood North Report (via Jeff Wells) has our first look as Serkis onstage as Dury. The film was directed by BAFTA-nominee, Mat Whitecross (the director of “The Road to Guantanamo,” and an editor on the excellent rock doc “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man”) and the screenplay was penned by Paul Viragh. Apparently this one is in the can and in post-production. So we’ll likely see it next year, but hopefully it doesn’t disappear like another U.K. esoteric rock figure biopic did — “Telstar” based on the life of Joe Meek which basically came and went without a trace (whether it even got a U.S. release; doesn’t seem like anyone bothered to release it here).
There ain't half been some clever bastards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopunk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub_rock_(UK)
Who's playing Elvis Costello, Dury's main rival at Stiff records?
Is Ray Winstone playing Jake Riviera? Is Mackenzie Crook playing Barney Bubbles?
Actually, thinking about it, Crook's more likely to be Wreckless Eric.
Golem in LOTR?