BMG has announced plans for full-length documentary about Devo, which will also be the first-ever fully authorised film on the group.
Directed by Chris Smith, the documentary is produced by Vice Studios and Library Films in association with Mutato Entertainment. Financing is shared by BMG, Fremantle Documentaries - which is also part of BMG owner Bertelsmann - and Warner Music.
"Devo was a huge influence on me”, says Smith. “Their approach to music, film, video and art was something I had never seen before and was one of the truly formative artistic influences that showed me there were entirely new ways to look at things”.
BMG's Executive Vice President of Global Catalogue Recordings and Film & TV, Peter Stack, adds: "We are excited to be working with Vice Studios and Library Films on this definitive documentary about the groundbreaking band Devo. It's fitting that the film is the first-ever fully authorised feature film on the band, and we're THRILLED to be bringing it to audiences worldwide”.
The film will use a mixture of archival footage and interviews to tell Devo's story. Currently in production, no release date has yet been set.