Downton Abbey director to make film about The Rolling Stones

In the works: A film is being made about the Rolling Stones
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Jennifer Ruby14 June 2016
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A new film about The Rolling Stones is being made for the big screen.

With Downton Abbey’s Andy Goddard set to direct, the film is based on Robert Greenfield’s book Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones.

The 2008 book is about the time the band spent in the South of France in the lead up to the release of their legendary 1972 double LP Exile on Main Street.

According to Deadline, producers are about to start the process of casting the roles of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards with a view to start shooting later this year.

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Goddard was one of the lead directors on Downton Abbey and has also directed 2014’s Set Fire to the Stard.

Richards once described the time the band spent at Villa Nellcôte as ‘murky’, with a number of the band members on drugs during the recording process.

He told Rolling Stone Magazine: “It was a strange atmosphere. It was very, very murky — and dusty.

“It wasn't a great environment for, like, breathing. Mick Taylor and I would just peer through the murk at each other and say, 'OK, what key is it in?'

“It was very Hitleresque — the last days of Berlin sort of thing.”

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