EXCLUSIVE: England Is Mine, the newly retitled biopic about musician Morrissey from writer-director Mark Gill is getting a theatrical release through Cleopatra Entertainment. The film previously was titled Steven. England Is Mine will bow August 25 at the IFC Center in New York, then expand nationwide throughout the…

EXCLUSIVE: Cleopatra Films, the movie division of the indie record label Cleopatra Records that is behind the Morrissey biopic Steven, is adding to its newly launched release slate. It has just wrapped production on the horror thriller The Black Room, starring Natasha Henstridge, Lin Shaye and Dominique Swain. Rolfe…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Perera's LA-based label Cleopatra Records is expanding into film distribution and production, eyeing projects focused on indie music and its icons. Its first move is acquiring all U.S. rights to Morrissey biopic Steven with Jack Lowden as the legendary British singer and frontman of The Smiths…

EXCLUSIVE–  Jodie Comer has joined the cast of Steven, the Mark Gill-directed biopic of iconic British singer Morrissey. This film marks Comer’s big screen debut, following on from her eye-catching turn as the 22-year-old mistress/homewrecker in BBC's ratings phenomenon Doctor Foster. She joins the previously…

EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay has joined the cast of Steven, the Mark Gill-directed biopic of iconic British singer Morrissey. Findlay stars opposite Jack Lowden in the lead role of the movie that follows the character from his early life in the 1970s before he went on to become the lead singer…

Olivier Award-winning British actor Jack Lowden, who recently appeared in BBC epic War And Peace, has been tapped to play enigmatic Smiths frontman Morrissey in Honlodge Productions’ biopic Steven. Lowden will star as the iconic indie rock singer and lyricist, who was born Steven Patrick Morrissey, in the drama to be…