Exclusive: Johnny Flynn, George Mackay to play “Cain and Abel of rock” Ray and Dave Davies.
Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria) and George Mackay (Pride) are to play Ray and Dave Davies, respectively, in Recorded Picture Company’s biopic of legendary UK band The Kinks.
Director Julien Temple (London – The Modern Babylon) is set to shoot drama You Really Got Me later this year in the UK, with daughter Juno Temple (Far From the Madding Crowd) also on board to play Ray’s former wife, Raza, who also sang on key tracks.
HanWay is handling international sales in Cannes with a UK deal understood to be close.
The long-time passion project of Cannes veteran Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) will focus on the often turbulent relationship between the brothers who fronted the iconic 1960’s band, famous for hits You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset.
BBC Films have backed the film while co-producers in Belgium are [link...
Johnny Flynn (Clouds of Sils Maria) and George Mackay (Pride) are to play Ray and Dave Davies, respectively, in Recorded Picture Company’s biopic of legendary UK band The Kinks.
Director Julien Temple (London – The Modern Babylon) is set to shoot drama You Really Got Me later this year in the UK, with daughter Juno Temple (Far From the Madding Crowd) also on board to play Ray’s former wife, Raza, who also sang on key tracks.
HanWay is handling international sales in Cannes with a UK deal understood to be close.
The long-time passion project of Cannes veteran Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) will focus on the often turbulent relationship between the brothers who fronted the iconic 1960’s band, famous for hits You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset.
BBC Films have backed the film while co-producers in Belgium are [link...
- 5/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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