A new Gorillaz documentary is coming to cinemas before the year end. We’ve just heard from Trafalgar Releasing that they will release the feature documentary titled Gorillaz: Reject False Icons onto screens in the middle of December for one night only. This will be a worldwide release but it will be for that one night only. We are guessing that it will show up on the various home formats sometime after. This film has reportedly been three years in the making with director Denholm Hewlett following the band whilst making ‘Humanz’ and ‘The Now Now’, and on their massive world tour.
Trafalgar Releasing
The film documents life in the studio with Gorillaz co-founders Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett; producers The Twilite Tone of D /\ P, Remi Kabaka and James Ford; as well as stellar roll call of featured artists including Vince Staples, Jean-Michel Jarre, De La Soul, DRAM, Pusha T, Peven Everett, Little Simz, Jamie Principle, Yasiin Bey, Bootie Brown, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Graham Coxon, Pauline Black, Zebra Katz, Danny Brown, Ben Mendelson, Kelela, Jehnny Beth, Hypnotic Brass, Junior Dan, Shaun Ryder, Mavis Staples, Sidiki Diabete and Noel Gallagher.
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In his debut feature, director Denholm Hewlett followed the band’s every move for three years, covering the making of two critically acclaimed albums, ‘Humanz’ and ‘The Now Now’, as well as the band’s most ambitious world tour to date encompassing dates across Europe, North America, South America and Mexico, bookended by its own Demon Dayz Festivals in the UK and US. The result is the first ever all-access immersive journey into the world of Gorillaz and its extended family – featuring never-seen footage, where the virtual meets the real – to capture the wondrous chaos of life under the watchful eye of Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar), Russel Hobbs (drums) and 2D (vocals).
So, are you excited for this Gorillaz documentary? As you can guess from my enthusiasm, I certainly am. Tickets will be go on sale for the one-night event on 27 November from rejectfalseicons.com. More as we get it.
