News - 19/05/2015

New biopic on The Kinks to be directed by Julien Temple

New biopic on The Kinks to be directed by Julien Temple

Legendary British band The Kinks celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2014 releasing the anthology "The essential Kinks" (with liner notes by David Bowie); now the celebration will continue, with a biopic telling the story of the band and the two Davies brothers, Ray and Dave.

The film will be directed by veteran Julien Temple ("The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle", "The Filth And The Fury", "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten", "Glastonbury" and many more), who told "Screen Daily":

This is an exciting chance to tell the Kinks’ story in a visceral and real way. 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.

Singer-songwriter/actor Johnny Flynn and George MacKay have been casted to portray Ray and Dave Davies, respectively. Juno Temple, Julien’s daughter, will play Ray Davis’ former wife, Rasa, who sometimes contributed to the band.

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