The film, from Garage's Lenny Abrahamson, will star Fassbender as an eccentric musician and Harry Potter's Gleeson as the new bandmate in over his head
Ben Child
guardian.co.uk
Charismatic Irish rocker ... Michael Fassbender at the Venice 2012 film festival. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
Abrahamson's film centres on Jon (Gleeson), who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric band led by the mysterious and enigmatic title character (Fassbender). Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan, the Film 4 production has also received funding from the Irish Film Board. It is due to shoot in late 2012.
Ronson took to Twitter today in the wake of the announcement to deny suggestions that Fassbender's character is based on his former collaborator Frank Sidebottom, the Manchester-based comic and musician whose papier-mâché-headed persona was popular on northwest television throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. Chris Sievey, who performed as Sidebottom, also fronted the band the Freshies in the late 1970s and early 80s.
"Hey! The film isn't a film about Frank Sidebottom. It's totally made up and - whilst inspired by Frank - is inspired by other people too," tweeted Ronson. "Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart are other inspirations. Bowled over that Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson are in our film."
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