EXCLUSIVE: ESX Leisure‘s new biopic in regards to the Scorpions, the German band whose music outlined an finish to the Chilly Warfare and a bridge to peace on the time, has set its forged with Dominic West (The Crown), Alexander Dreymon (The Final Kingdom), Ludwig Trepte (Era Warfare), Ed Speleers (You), David Kross (The Reader) and Luke Brandon Area (Interview with the Vampire, Jojo Rabbit). Cameras are rolling at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in London for a theatrical launch this 12 months.
As well as, we’ve realized that FOX Leisure International has worldwide distribution rights, excluding U.S. and international transactional which Warner Bros Discovery International Content material Gross sales will handle. Each studios are producing with ESX.
Dreymon will play guitarist Rudolf Schenker, Trepte is Klaus Meine, Speleers is Matthias Jab and Area is the drummer Herman Rarebell. West will play their supervisor, Doc McGhee, and Kross will star as Andrej, the band’s imprisoned good friend on the opposite aspect of the Berlin wall.
On the coronary heart of the movie is their iconic anthem “Wind of Change,” which grew to become the soundtrack to the tip of the Chilly Warfare, symbolizing hope, peace and unity. By means of their music, with hits starting from “Rock You Like a Hurricane” to “Nonetheless Loving You,” the Scorpions helped bridge the divide between East and West.
“It’s been an unbelievable journey creating this movie and bringing it to life feels surreal” says Ali Afshar, Founder and President of ESX Leisure. “Not solely did the Scorpions’ music assist me get by means of large difficulties as an Iranian immigrant in America within the early 80’s, however their message of affection, peace and rock ‘n’ roll appears extra related at present than ever. This forged is an wonderful ensemble of actually nice expertise. I can’t thank FOX Leisure and Warner Bros. Dwelling Leisure sufficient for their assist and particularly the band — Rudolf, Klaus and Matthias — for believing in us and trusting us to inform their life story.”
The Scorpions have offered 110 million albums offered worldwide, and are arguably one in all Germany’s most profitable musical exports. Their hits “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “Wind of Change” proceed to do extraordinarily nicely within the digital period, the latter surpassing one billion streams throughout platforms and remaining a cultural touchstone. .
Wind of Change is produced by ESX Leisure’s Ali Afshar, Christina Moore and Daniel Aspromonte for FOX Leisure Studios in affiliation with Warner Bros. Dwelling Leisure. The movie is written by Mark Andrews and directed by Alex Ranarivelo. FOX Leisure International retains worldwide distribution rights excluding U.S. and International transactional rights, which Warner Bros. Discovery International Content material Gross sales will handle.
West is repped by Tavistock Wooden and WME. Dreymon is a consumer of Gersh and Untitled Leisure. Trepte is repped by Gamers. Speelers is represented by Paradigm and Impartial Expertise Group within the UK. Frasier is repped by Zero Gravity Administration, Payne Administration & Bloch Regulation.
