Take That Musical Film 'Greatest Days' Hoped to Have Uplifting Impact After Coronavirus
The producers for the upcoming big-screen adaptation hope to gain success and have uplifting impact like ‘Mamma Mia!’ did following the 2008 financial crisis.
Apr 30, 2020
AceShowbiz – Take That musical “The Band” is set to hit the big screen.
The project, titled “Greatest Days”, is being adapted by Tim Firth, who wrote the stageshow, and will be directed by Coky Giedroyc.
The members of Take That, past and present, are backing the film, which will feature a string of their pop hits and a possible new song the group will record for the project.
The movie, like the play, will focus on the lives of five British schoolgirls obsessed with a fictional boy band.
Former Studiocanal U.K. boss Danny Perkins, who is producing and distributing the film via his new Elysian Film Group company, tells Deadline, “The Band was a special night out and we hope this can be the same. We hope it will be just what people want to see on the other side of the pandemic.”
“It’s about people coming together, it’s nostalgic, it’s about the music that you love at 15, and being in touch with your teenage self. It’s a feel-good movie which we hope will bring joy to people. There are more serious things to be concerned about right now but hopefully this can bring some joy once it can get going. (Abba-themed movie) Mamma Mia! came out soon after the financial crisis hit and we hope this can have a similarly uplifting impact.”
“Take That are very much involved in it. They’re excited about the idea of the film and are involved at every step. The plan is for them to write an original song and we’ll use a number of their classic songs. There were 16 of their songs in the stage versions.”
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