A film musical written by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks is presently in growth.
The launch of the undertaking, titled X Crucior, was introduced November 4 through Deadline. Manufacturing firm Focus Options will develop the movie, with the Mael brothers serving as screenwriters and government producers. X Crucior has been billed as an unique musical epic, though additional particulars in regards to the movie’s plot are being stored beneath wraps.
A director and premiere date for the undertaking has but to be introduced. Upon its launch, X Crucior will mark Sparks’ second movie enterprise with Focus Options, having served as the themes of the studio’s Edgar Wright-directed documentary The Sparks Brothers in 2021.
Elsewhere in 2021, Ron and Russell served because the screenwriters and composers of Annette, a film musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. Each movie initiatives arrived a yr after Sparks’ 2020 album A Regular Drip, Drip, Drip, which featured the singles “Self-Effacing” and “I’m Toast”. Previous to that, Sparks’ twenty third studio undertaking Hippopotamus arrived in 2017.
In July of this yr, Sparks revealed that their follow-up to A Regular Drip, Drip, Drip was within the works. The pair shared a picture of themselves within the studio, with vocalist Ron sitting by a pc whereas his brother – keyboardist Russell – takes notes. Whereas the presently untitled undertaking is but to obtain an official launch date, Focus Options’ X Crucior press launch revealed that it’ll arrive alongside information of a world tour someday subsequent yr.
