Julien
Temple is directing a biopic about The Kinks, with Ray Davies and Dave Davies
working on the soundtrack.
The
director of The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, Glastonbury and Joe Strummer: The
Future Is Unwritten will begin shooting the movie later in 2015.
The film,
You Really Got Me, is set to star Johnny Flynn as Ray Davies, George Mackay as
Dave Davies and Juno Temple as Rasa Davies.
“We’ve got
the music rights and Ray and Dave will work on the soundtrack,” says the film’s
producer Joe Thomas.
“This is
an exciting chance to tell The Kinks story in a visceral and real way,” Julien
Temple told ScreenDaily. “The lyrics of The Kinks have always been fascinating
to me and there is an amazing human story here as well which has yet to be
captured on film.”
The
director added: “It’s not easy to find British leading men who can deliver the
kind of musically compelling performances we need and we have those in Johnny
and George.”
The script
for You Really Got Me has been produced by Likely Lads writers Dick Clement and
Ian La Frenais.
Sunny
Afternoon, a musical based on The Kinks’ music and story, is currently playing
in London.
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