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Johnny Rotten was right to sue to stop FX's Pistol from going forward. The Sex Pistols and PiL frontman ultimately was unsuccessful in his legal efforts last year to prevent the seminal band's music being used in the Danny Boyle-directed miniseries. However, Pistol, which dropped in its entirety today on Disney-owned…

When filmmaker Danny Boyle thinks of the artists that have worked behind the scenes to prep his numerous storied productions, there’s a quote from Muhammad Ali that comes to mind. “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses,” said Ali, “behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I…

There's no future in England's dreaming, but despite this, FX is setting its Sex Pistol drama series for May. FX boss John Landgraf teased the Pistol premiere date during his virtual TCA exec session. The series, which is based on the memoir of guitarist Steve Jones, comes from Danny Boyle. It tells the story of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Partridge, the British actor who garnered international recognition for his turn as Viscount Tewkesbury in Enola Holmes, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Harry Bradbeer’s film based on the YA books of the same name by Nancy Springer centers on Sherlock Holmes’ teen sister Enola…

John Lydon, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, has lost a court case with his former band mates, drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones, over the usage of the group's songs in the upcoming Danny Boyle-directed TV series Pistol. Lydon had wanted to block the band’s tracks from being used in the six-part FX…

Danny Boyle’s much-anticipated FX Sex Pistols biopic Pistol has run into the moshpit of a band at war, as it has emerged that John Lydon (better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten) wants to block use of the band’s music in the series. Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook have taken Lydon to the…