Joy Division Writer Plots John Lennon Movie

The Writer behind the critically acclaimed film about Joy Division front man Ian Curtis has revealed plans to make a similar film about former Beatle John Lennon.

Matt Greenhalgh has received endless praise for his Joy Division biopic, ‘Control,’ and now wants to make a film showing the teenage years of John Lennon in Liverpool.

"The film is called ‘Lennon’ and details John's adolescent years, pre-Beatlemania,” Greenhalgh told the Manchester Evening News.

"It came to me off the back of ‘Control’ - the producers of Lennon saw ‘Control’ and then asked me if I'd consider doing their script for them. It wasn't a particularly hard decision for me to say yes."

There is no release date for the film, although ‘Control’ will hit cinemas nationwide in October.