Hollywood film producers have signed up the rights to the story of a plumber who landed a recording contract after being heard singing while fitting bathrooms. They plan to make a film based on the life of Kev Crane, who is originally from Long Eaton but lives in Leicestershire, after he secured a music deal while fitting the bathroom of a record producer.
The LA-based filmmakers got in touch with Kev after his story went around the world. Award-winning writer and director Stacy Sherman and American screenwriter and producer Billy Ray. Ray, who wrote the screenplay for the 2012 blockbuster The Hunger Games, now have the rights to Kev’s story.
“It’s like I’m watching this happen to someone else," Kev said. "Not for one minute did I think this could happen to me.
