SEX PISTOLS Series ‘Pistol’ Sets Premiere, Shares New Cast Photos

30 March 2022

God save the queen, the highly anticipated SEX PISTOLS-based series Pistol is set to arrive on Hulu at the end of May.

FX Productions, who are behind the Danny Boyle-directed series, have set a May 31 premiere for the limited-run series that will air exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in the U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, as reported by Deadline.

As with many things concerning the SEX PISTOLS over the years, the series has been the source of much drama with SEX PISTOLS members SEX PISTOLS and Paul Cook going to court with singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) in order to allow the series to proceed. The series is based upon Jones' 2017 memoir "Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol," and the guitarist is also on the executive producers on the series, along with Boyle and writer/creator Craig Pearce among others.

According to the FX website, the six-installment Pistol series is described as "the furious, raging storm at the center of this revolution are the Sex Pistols - and at the center of this series is Sex Pistols’ founding member and guitarist, Steve Jones. Jones’ hilarious, emotional and at times heart-breaking journey guides us through a kaleidoscopic telling of three of the most epic, chaotic and mucus-spattered years in the history of music."

The series cast includes Toby Wallace (as Steve Jones), Anson Boon (as John Lydon), Christian Lees (as Glen Matlock), Louis Partridge (as Sid Vicious), Jacob Slater (as Paul Cook), Sydney Chandler (as Chrissie Hynde), Talulah Riley (as Vivienne Westwood), Maisie Williams (as Jordan), Emma Appleton (as Nancy Spungen) and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (as Malcolm McLaren). First look photos arrived in March 2021.