It’s A Sin star Callum Scott Howells is set to play lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Holly Johnson, in a new movie biopic about the band. The film, which is called Relax after the band’s 1983 hit single, will be helmed by Bernard Rose - the director behind the original Relax music video, 1992’s horror classic Candyman, and Howard Marks biopic Mr. Nice.
The upcoming project, as reported by industry website, Deadline, already has strong interest from potential buyers to distribute the movie. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce for Working Title and Luc Roeg is producing for Independent Entertainment.
The announcement comes after the band, who are well known for number one hits Two Tribes and The Power of Love, reunited for the first time in almost 40 years on Sunday, May 7 - check out photos from the Eurovision opening ceremony in which they performed here. Their most famous song, Relax, was banned by the BBC back in 1984 as it celebrated being gay brilliantly and as a result shot to number one where it stayed for five weeks.
