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EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features is getting back in business with musicians Ron and Russell Mael, after serving as the distributor for the 2021 Edgar Wright doc The Sparks Brothers, of which the duo were the subjects. The studio has today announced the launch of development on X Crucior, an original musical epic…

“50 Years. 25 Albums. 345 Songs. Unlimited Genius. Your Favorite Band’s Favorite Band.” That is what the poster for Focus Features’ wonderful new documentary The Sparks Brothers has to say about a pair of Southern California-born and -bred siblings who became all the rage in Europe over the past half-century, but…

Edgar Wright, the British director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, is a big fan of Sparks, the enigmatic pop band known for hits such as This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us and When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'. It's clear that The Sparks Brothers, the documentary that premieres today at the Sundance Film…

For the uninitiated, you may have caught Sparks on late night TV, or glanced at their riveting album covers when you were a kid in the 1970s or the 1980s; artworks comprised of Geisha girls, the duo tied up in a boat, or dressed in wedding get-up. If you were the Go-Gos, Paul McCartney, Toni Basil, Flea of the Red Hot…