Sparks are to become the subject of a new film documentary by Baby Driver director Edgar Wright. The Mael brothers have turned down previous docu offers, but said yes to Wright because of their admiration of his so-called ‘Cornetto’ film trilogy (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End). However, it promises to be a very different type of documentary featuring little if any of their actual private lives and the brothers refuse to film inside their homes. Ron explains: “It’s not a question of not wanting to reveal something, so much as just feeling there is nothing especially to reveal. What we do musically is what we are.”
As previously reported, Sparks have also written a musical movie called Annette. Starring Adam Driver and Michelle Williams, the film will be directed by Leos Carax. Ron told The Times: “Movie people kind of follow the trends – ‘Oh, movie musicals are back!’ – so in that sense we were pleased with that.”