A24 is Alexander Skarsgard (The Northman, Succession) and Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye, The Queen’s Gambit).
Produced by multi-Oscar winner Element Pictures and released earlier this summer, Pillion is directed by Harry, whose short story The Wren was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 2018 BAFTAs. This is Wright’s feature debut. It was registered with BIFA and had its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Pillion” follows Colin (Melling), a weedy wallflower getting through life. That is until Ray (Skarsgård), the motorcycle club’s incredibly handsome leader, subjugates him. Ray uproots Colin from his boring suburban life and introduces him to a community of perverted, queer bikers, taking all kinds of virginity in the process. But as Colin delves deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether a life of 24/7 obedience is right for him. Has he found his calling, or has he simply replaced one form of suffocation with another?
Pillion is a production of Element Pictures, with funding from BBC Film, BFI (National Lottery Funding), and distribution in the UK and Benelux in partnership with Fremantle, Picturehouse Entertainment and September Film. In charge of each. The script was developed in conjunction with BBC Films and is based on Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Nobel Prize-winning novel Box Hill. Cornerstone will be responsible for worldwide sales and distribution. ·
Element’s Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe are producing alongside Lee Groombridge. BBC Films’ Eva Yates, BFI’s Louise Ortega, Fremantle’s Christian Vesper, Picturehouse’s Claire Binns, September Films’ Pim Harmeling, Cornerstone’s Alison Thompson, Mark Gooder and Alexander Skarsgård. Serves as executive producer.
Heads of department include cinematographer Nick Morris (The Wren Boys), production designer Francesca Massiol (The Strays) and BIFA Award-winning costume designer Grace Snell (The Wren Boys). Hair and Makeup Designer Diandra Ferreira (Bob Marley: One Love), BIFA Award-nominated composer Oliver Coates (Aftersun), Casting Director Carlene・Crawford (“Lost Daughter”).
Melling is represented by Curtis Brown and Lucy Popkin of Goodman, Genow, Shenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Skarsgård is repped by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Collar, Gelman, Meigs & Fox.
