Julien Temple is a man with a history in both documentaries and music and he's blending them again. His subject this time? A blend of musical, drama and live performances that will chronicle the life of Graham "Suggs" McPherson.
Suggs is probably still best known as the frontman for Madness, which had hits across the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He's also had a successful solo career and launched a show based on himself called My Life Story, which he wrote with Toby Follett. It originally opened at the Edinburgh Festival back in 2012 and has since played other venues.
Temple's plan is to bring together archive material, film drama and songs captured on stage to find McPherson musing on his life after his 50th birthday. Rather than a more conventional film, it'll be an event cinema release and kicks off shooting later next month at Hoxton Hall.
“I am delighted to be back with Julien pushing forward story telling and event cinema to new ground once again," producer Stephen Malit tells Screen International. "Julien’s unique montage style of drama, performance and music is perfect for this project, with the film and live cinecast combination, release plans as shaping up for next spring.”