The Rolling Stones are reportedly moving ahead with a feature film about the band’s history, with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood said to have signed an agreement with US production company 101 Studios.
by Paul Cashmere
The Rolling Stones are reportedly set to become the subject of a feature film after Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood signed a deal with US production company 101 Studios last month. The project remains in its early stages, with no casting confirmed and the filmmakers still determining which period of the band’s history will form the basis of the story.
According to a source cited by The Sun, the agreement has been completed, although substantial creative decisions remain to be made. The source said the band believes 101 Studios is an appropriate production partner based on its previous work.
“No casting has started,” the source said. “How the film will look and feel, and the stories it will tell, is being organised now.”
The reported agreement gives the project a formal production framework, but there is currently no announced release date, director, screenplay, cast or indication of when filming might begin.
The news follows comments from Mick Jagger this year indicating that he has been seriously considering how a Rolling Stones biopic could work. Rather than attempting to compress more than six decades of the band’s career into a conventional cradle-to-present biography, Mick has suggested that the filmmakers could concentrate on a defined period.
Speaking to E Talk, Mick said he wanted the formative years of the band’s rise to fame represented accurately, particularly his own age at the time.
“I was only 19, 20,” Mick said, explaining that he would prefer an actor in their 20s rather than an older performer portraying him as a teenager.
Mick has also indicated that he would favour an emerging performer rather than an established star. He said the actor should be relatively unknown and possess the energy and innocence associated with someone entering the music business for the first time.
The comments provide an early indication of how Mick might approach the project, although they do not establish that the reported 101 Studios production will follow his preferred casting or narrative approach.
101 Studios has built a television portfolio that includes Yellowstone, Landman and The Agency. The company’s involvement places the reported Stones project within a production operation with established experience in scripted entertainment, although the feature film is understood to remain at an early development stage.
Mick has also discussed the broader problem of adapting the lives of major musicians for cinema. In an interview with GQ in June, he pointed to the way music biopics frequently isolate a particular period rather than attempting to document an entire career.
Using Bob Dylan’s story as an example, Mick referenced the decision to centre a film around the period when Dylan “went electric”. He also cited the James Brown film Get On Up, which he produced, as another example of a biographical film concentrating on a specific portion of an artist’s life.
That approach could be particularly relevant to The Rolling Stones, whose history spans the early 1960s through to the present. The band’s story encompasses its emergence from the London blues scene, international success, major cultural controversies, changes in personnel, landmark albums, global tours and the continuing careers of its surviving core members.
The timing also comes as The Rolling Stones continue to maintain a significant commercial presence. The band reportedly secured its 15th No. 1 album in Britain this year with Foreign Tongues, more than six decades after its first hit.
A Stones biopic would also enter a film market increasingly interested in major music catalogues and the personalities behind them. The Beatles are preparing for a particularly ambitious cinematic treatment, with four separate films directed by Sam Mendes, each focusing on one member of the band. Those films are scheduled for 2028 and will feature Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.
For The Rolling Stones, however, the creative challenge is considerably different. The band remains active, its surviving members remain directly connected to its history, and Mick, Keith and Ronnie are reportedly involved in the new project from its earliest contractual stage.
For now, the reported 101 Studios agreement marks the beginning rather than the completion of the film. Casting has yet to commence, while the narrative scope, creative direction and production timetable remain under development.
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