![]() ![]() Bands like U2 and Nirvana have drawnupon their atmosphere and emotion for many years. "It's impossible to overstatethe influence of Joy Division's music. "I've alwaysbeen a fan of Anton's work and have forever associated him with the look andfeel of Joy Division," producer Williams added. "I simply feel that as JoyDivision and Ian Curtis played a big part in my life, I cannot think of abetter combination of subject and director." ![]() "If I only evermake one movie, Control would have tobe that," Corbijn said. The soundtrackwill also feature David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, Lou Reedand the Buzzcocks.Ĭorbijnhas previously taken photographs of Joy Division as well as filming the videofor Atmosphere, shot after Curtis'death. New Order, theband formed by Joy Division members after Curtis's death, will compose thescore for Control. Spanning thelast few years of Curtis' life, Control willchart the enigmatic singer's relationship with the band, his division betweenhis wife and his girlfriend and his struggle with epilepsy. Ian Curtis' widow Deborah -whose book, Touching From a Distance,provides the basis for Matt Greenhalgh's screenplay -will be co-producing alongside former Joy Division manager Tony Wilson, Peter Heslop and Helena Danielsson fromHepp films. The cast also features James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, Harry Treadaway, Toby Kebbell and Craig Parkinson.Įxecutive producing will be Becker International, EM Media, Warner Bros Music UK, Film I Vast and Cinema Investment Japan in association with Three Dogs and a Pony and Kate Ogborn. Orian Williams and Todd Eckert, under the productioncompany NorthSee, will be producing the film alongwith first-time feature director Corbijn, who isknown for his photography and music videos.Īs previouslyreported, newcomer Sam Riley has signed on to play Curtis, with Samantha Mortonto play his wife Deborah Curtis and German actress Alexandra Maria Lara to playhis girlfriend Annik Honore. The Control film-makers have set up a studio and production base in Nottingham, with additional shooting on location in Nottingham and Macclesfield. Thisshoot starts before a rival Curtis project, Jamie Thraves' All The Time,goes into production with US-based Washington Square Films. Anton Corbijnstarted filming today for Control, hisbiopic of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. ![]()
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