The Chelsea Cowboy
Cancelled British film project
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The Chelsea Cowboy was a planned British gangster biopic, to be directed by Ben Cookson and with Alex Pettyfer, Poppy Delevingne, Lovi Poe, and Charlie Creed-Miles attached in starring roles. Originally announced in 2021, with a 2022 release, the production company ran into financial problems before filming began; despite a new production company taking on the project, as of December 2025 the film has not been released in any format.
- Idris Elba
- Victor Glynn
- James Ireland
- Camilla Storey
- Alex Pettyfer[1]
| The Chelsea Cowboy | |
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| Directed by | Ben Cookson |
| Written by | Leon Butler |
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| Distributed by | Orwo Distribution[1] |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
The film will follow the rise and fall of London gangster, bodyguard, actor and underworld hard-man John Bindon, who despite having a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various members of high society, even socialising with Princess Margaret, but was not able to leave his criminal past behind.[2]
Cast
- Alex Pettyfer as John Bindon[2]
- Poppy Delevingne as Vicki Hodge[2]
- Sadie Frost as Cissy Bindon [2]
- Charlie Creed-Miles as Sir John Hodge [2]
- Charlotte Hope will play Sandra [2]
- Lovi Poe as legendary blues singer Dana Gillespie[3]
- Ben Drew as Roy Dennis [2]
- Charley Palmer Rothwell as James Fox[2]
- Tamer Hassan as Salim [2]
- Warren Brown as Priddle [2]
- Bronson Webb as John 'Smudge' Gillette [4]
- George Blagden as Terence Stamp[4]
- Clara Paget as Wendy Hodge [4]
- Sadie Newman as Nina [2]
- Ed Birch as Alan Stanton [4]
- Jojo Macari as George Wright
Production
Dark Dreams Entertainment, Life Begins Film Ltd, GCB Films, and Tell Me A Storey Productions are credited as producing the project.[2]
Funding
The production was halted when Life Begins Film Ltd, ran out of funding before filming was completed. The administrators, ReSolve Advisory,[5] later sold all rights, materials and equipment relating to full-length feature film, after a corporate restructure of the team following advice from Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2022.[6] The acquisition of the movie by Heracles Productions Limited, would mean production could continue to complete the film for release sometime in 2023.[6]
The film was listed as being in post-production in June 2023.[7]
As of December 2025, the film has not been released.