Anarchy in the UK… and coming soon to FX!

The Hollywood Reporter announced today that FX (interestingly owned by Disney) has ordered a six-episode limited series, Pistol, about punk rock legends the Sex Pistols. It will based on the book Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol by the band’s guitarist, Steve Jones, and will be directed and executive produced by Danny Boyle (Transpotting, Slumdog Millionaire).

Pistol will center on Jones, who co-founded the Sex Pistols in the mid-1970s. It will follow his life from West London’s council estates to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren‘s boutique, Sex — one of the early centers of punk culture in London — and the band’s meteoric rise and fall.

“Imagine breaking into the world of The Crown and Downton Abbey with your mates and screaming your songs and your fury at all they represent. This is the moment that British society and culture changed forever,” said Boyle. “It is the detonation point for British street culture, where ordinary young people had the stage and vented their fury and their fashion — and everyone had to watch & listen, and everyone feared them or followed them. The Sex Pistols. At its center was a young charming illiterate kleptomaniac — a hero for the times — Steve Jones, who became in his own words, the 94th greatest guitarist of all time. This is how he got there.”

Added Wiip CEO Paul Lee:

“The Sex Pistols changed music forever and Danny Boyle is the perfect director to tell Steve Jones’ story fueled by raw creativity and destruction. We’re thrilled to be making this with our friends at FX.”

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