| 05 February 2010
It was announced today that renowned screenwriter and playwright Louis Mellis (Sexy Beast, 44 Inch Chest, Gangster No. 1), has signed on to pen The Princess' Gangster for Smuggler Films. The Princess' Gangster tells the true story of notorious gangster turned movie tough guy John Bindon and his scandalous relationship with high-living Princess Margaret in the late 1960s.Mellis, whose upcoming projects include The Take for Fox comments, "I'm very much looking forward to exploring this particular period in recent history when classes and cultures collided."
Adds Milling-Smith, "Louis is one of the few writers that can find the authentic voice needed to portray the complex and contradictory characters that were Princess Margaret and the larger than life John 'Biffo' Bindon. Loved and feared – often both- these incredibly forceful personalities played out a fantastic story, which we are confident audiences will find fascinating."
Channel 4 has already done a short expose about the affair between Margaret and Bindon; The Princess and the Gangster aired a year ago.