According to British media reports, the comedy "The Full Monty", which once swept the world 25 years ago, has begun filming a sequel, and the original cast is all present. However, this sequel will be in the form of an eight-episode TV series, which is expected to be broadcast on the Disney+ streaming platform in the second half of this year. 
This time the TV series will still be written by Simon Beaufoy, including Robert Carlisle and several leading actors, but the director will be replaced by Andrew Chaplin, who is more familiar with TV series creation. and Catherine Morshead. Screenwriter Beau Foy said, "The light pig boy can regroup all the members, which makes us very happy, and now there are second and even third generations around them, plus the pets at home and the surrounding people. Everyone, let's look forward to what Sheffield will look like in twenty-five years."
The sequel to "The Six Heroes of the Light Pig" has started filming.
Directed by Peter Cattanho and written by Simon Beaufoy, "Six Heroes of the Light Pig" tells the funny and inspirational story of a group of unemployed steel workers in the British industrial city of Sheffield who are self-reliant and self-reliant by stripping. That year, the film earned $258 million at the global box office and was the tenth highest-grossing film in 1997, even surpassing Hollywood blockbusters such as Face Change, Prison in the Sky, and Contact in the Air, while its production cost was only Just $3.5 million."The Six Heroes of the Light Pig" poster
In the British Film Institute's poll of the best British films of the 20th century, "Six Heroes of the Light" came in at number 25. In addition, the film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and was nominated for several Oscars. Even the British Crown Prince Charles was a big fan of it and imitated the dance in the film in public. action.This time the TV series will still be written by Simon Beaufoy, including Robert Carlisle and several leading actors, but the director will be replaced by Andrew Chaplin, who is more familiar with TV series creation. and Catherine Morshead. Screenwriter Beau Foy said, "The light pig boy can regroup all the members, which makes us very happy, and now there are second and even third generations around them, plus the pets at home and the surrounding people. Everyone, let's look forward to what Sheffield will look like in twenty-five years."
Stills of "The Six Heroes of the Light Pig"
After a lapse of 25 years, looking at the publicity photos taken by this group of actors for the promotion of the new drama, the strong young men of that year are now all white-haired. And the filming location of the last climax of the film, the Sheffield Workers' Club in Sheffield, is now facing the end of the song. Since the film came out, a plaque with "Home of the Six Heroes of the Light Pig" has been hung on the door of the club, which has attracted many fans to pilgrimage here every year. However, in the summer of 2018, the new owners closed the club, which was popular among the local working class, for various reasons, and it has been closed for nearly four years. Next, they are said to be ready to raze the nearly century-old clubhouse and redevelop it into an apartment block for sale.Sheglin Workers' Club
The local people have been organizing various joint petition activities for several years, hoping to keep this community center carrying the good memories of the local people, but it has not been able to achieve the desired results. Delayed, so that the demolition work has not been carried out for the time being. Now, with the good news that the new episode of "The Six Heroes of the Light" has started filming, the locals also hope that the Sheglin Workers Club can completely escape the developers' bulldozers.Related Posts