Alan McGee - the man who discovered Oasis - is to be immortalised in a new film from Trainspotting duo Danny Boyle and Irvine Welsh.
Creation Stories charts the life of the record label boss, who signed the band after seeing an early gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow in 1993 and steered their rise to superstardom.
The biopic is adapted from McGee's autobiography Creation Stories - Riots, Raves and Running a Record Label, with a screenplay written by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh.
It follows him through 'near bankruptcy, pills, thrills, spats, prats, success, excess and breakdowns', from leaving school at 16 to setting up the Living Room club in London, championing emerging indie bands, managing The Jesus and Mary Chain and co-founding Creation Records at the age of 23.
Through the label he went on to sign acts including My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, Ride and Primal Scream, whose seminal album Screamadelica propelled Creation to the big time.
McGee, who grew up on a Glasgow council estate, had decamped from London to Manchester by the late 80s, embracing the acid house scene and hanging out at the Hacienda.
Shortly after signing Oasis he suffered a dramatic, drug-induced breakdown - but climbed back to sobriety to oversee their rise to become one of the biggest bands on the planet.
Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, who yesterday confirmed a third 28 Days Later film is in the works , is executive producing the film, which is directed by Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star Nick Moran.
The biopic, from Burning Wheel Productions, stars Trainspotting's Ewen Bremner as McGee and Waterloo Road's Leo Flanagan as his younger self.
The cast also includes including British acting royalty Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The OA), comedian Ed Byrne, Paul Kaye (It's All Gone Pete Tong), Perry Benson (You Rang M'Lord?), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Steven Berkoff (Octopussy), Rufus Jones (W1A), Mel Raido (Legend) and model Suki Waterhouse.
