EXCLUSIVE: Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, greatest recognized for writing the unique 1993 Trainspotting novel, has teamed with screenwriter Dean Cavanagh to put in writing a biopic primarily based on the lifetime of infamous Ibiza hotelier Tony Pike.
Pike, who died of Most cancers in 2019, earned notoriety within the early Nineteen Eighties after establishing the Pikes Lodge in Ibiza. The resort, which occupied a former rural farmhouse, rapidly turned a hedonistic haven for celebrities and musicians. Frequent guests included Freddie Mercury, Princess Margaret, and George Michael, who shot the music video for Wham!’s “Membership Tropicana” on the resort. Pike additionally has a cameo within the video. Pike’s urge for food for the get together life as soon as famously led Boy George to dub him the “Hugh Hefner of Ibiza”, which the hotelier typically tried to minimize.
“There’s a giant distinction between Hugh Hefner and me in that he has used ladies to earn money,” Pike informed native outlet Ibiza Highlight in 2017. “I’ve all the time beloved and revered ladies, and handled them rather well and by no means carried out something fallacious to them.”
The producers informed us the movie will delve into Pike’s journey on the island, his unapologetic hedonism, and the indelible mark he left on the world of music and nightlife.
“Tony Pike was bigger than life,” Welsh stated. “His story isn’t nearly constructing one of the vital iconic accommodations on the earth—it’s in regards to the hedonism, heartbreak, and unrelenting ardour that outlined a whole period. Dean and I’ve poured the whole lot into making this screenplay a becoming tribute to the person and the legend.”
Ian Jefferies (Select Irvine Welsh), Invoice Chamberlain (Inform Me I Love You), and Zach Rothwell (The Angel of Auschwitz) will function producers. Casting is ongoing and a director has but to be set. The undertaking is presently in pre-production.
Rothwell added: “Mr Pikes will epitomize the uncooked, unfiltered glamour of Ibiza, that made the island, so legendary. We’re assembling a crew of world-class expertise to make sure we honor Tony’s legacy whereas delivering an unforgettable cinematic expertise.”
