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A film about rockers Dave Stewarts teenage years come to the big screen.

The Eurythmy Star tells the site that director Shekhar Kapur was hired as director Ebony McQueen, a film based on Stewart’s 2022 semi-autobiographical album of the same name. It follows Stewart’s teenage years in the north-east of England in the 1960s/early 1970s, when he discovered music after injuring his knee playing football.

“When I was at my lowest point, a twist of fate changed my life forever. Music appeared as if by magic,” says Stewart Deadline“Yes, music found me and opened my eyes to a whole new world.”

Shooting on the film is set to begin next spring in Stewart’s hometown of Sunderland. The British actress Sharon D. Clarkewhose credits include Doctor Who and London’s Ghost: The Musical, for which Stewart wrote the music, is on board to play the title character, a sort of fairy godmother who encourages Stewart to pursue his musical dreams.

Stewart will partner with Slumdog Millionaire composer A.Rahman on the music for the film, with Rahman writing the score and Stewart taking care of the lyrics.

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