The Chelsea Cowboy

The Chelsea Cowboy
Directed by	Ben Cookson
Written by	Leon Butler
Produced by	Idris Elba Victor Glynn James Ireland Camilla Storey Alex Pettyfer [1]
Starring	Alex Pettyfer Poppy Delevingne Lovi Poe Charlie Creed-Miles
Production companies	Dark Dreams Entertainment Life Begins Film Ltd, GCB films Tell Me A Storey Productions
Distributed by	Orwo Distribution [1]
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Chelsea Cowboy was a planned British gangster biopic, to be directed by Ben Cookson and with Alex Pettyfer, Poppy Delevingne, Lovi Poe, and Charlie Creed-Miles attached in starring roles. Originally announced in 2021, with a 2022 release, the production company ran into financial problems before filming had begun; despite a new production company taking on the project, it has not moved into production.

Plot

The film will follows the rise and fall of London gangster, bodyguard, actor and underworld hard-man John Bindon, who despite having a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various members of high society, even socialising with Princess Margaret, but was not able to leave his criminal past behind. ^[2]

Cast

• Alex Pettyfer as John Bindon ^[2]
• Poppy Delevingne as Vicki Hodge ^[2]
• Sadie Frost as Cissy Bindon ^[2]
• Charlie Creed-Miles as Sir John Hodge ^[2]
• Charlotte Hope will play Sandra ^[2]
• Lovi Poe as legendary blues singer Dana Gillespie ^[3]
• Ben Drew as Roy Dennis ^[2]
• Charley Palmer Rothwell as James Fox ^[2]
• Tamer Hassan as Salim ^[2]
• Warren Brown as Priddle ^[2]
• Bronson Webb as John 'Smudge' Gillette ^[4]
• George Blagden as Terence Stamp ^[4]
• Clara Paget as Wendy Hodge ^[4]
• Sadie Newman as Nina ^[2]
• Ed Birch as Alan Stanton ^[4]
• Jojo Macari as George Wright

Production

Dark Dreams Entertainment, Life Begins Film Ltd, GCB films, Tell Me A Storey Productions. ^[2]

Funding

The production was halted when Life Begins Film Ltd, ran out of funding before filming was completed. The Administrators, 'ReSolve Advisory', ^[5] later sold all rights, materials and equipment relating to full-length feature film, after a corporate restructure of the team following advice from Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2022. ^[6] The acquisition of the movie by Heracles Productions Limited, would mean production could continue to complete the film for release sometime in 2023. ^[6] As of July 2025 ^[update] , no such film has been produced.

References

1. "The Chelsea Cowboy - One Man, Many Lives". orwodistribution.com. 2022.
2. Andreas Wiseman (15 September 2021). "'The Chelsea Cowboy': Charlotte Hope, Plan B, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sadie Frost Among Cast To Join Alex Pettyfer Pic Ahead Of Shoot". yahoo.com.
3. Nathalie Tomada (27 August 2021). "Lovi plays British blues diva in The Chelsea Cowboy". philstar.com/.
4. "The Chelsea Cowboy". radiotimes.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
6. "Penningtons Manches Cooper Advises Heracles Productions Limited on the Acquisition of Full-Length Feature Film 'The Chelsea Cowboy' From Life Begins Film Limited". penningtonslaw.com. 9 November 2022.

External links

• The Chelsea Cowboy at IMDb