New UK Distributor True Brit Sets First Movie: Football Hooligan Crime-Comedy ‘Marching Powder’ Starring Danny Dyer & Directed By Nick Love

EXCLUSIVE: Former Lionsgate UK & Europe chief Zygi Kamasa’s recently formed UK distributor True Brit Entertainment has found its first feature film with 18-rated Marching Powder, which reunites writer-director Nick Love with Danny Dyer, star of their previous collaborations such as The Football Factory, Outlaw and The Business.

Marching Powder, which isn’t a sequel to The Football Factory but is inspired by a similar subject, follows the story of Jack (Danny Dyer), a middle aged, drug-taking football hooligan, who is arrested and given six weeks to turn his life around, or else face a long spell in prison. Juggling his marriage, his hard nut bully of a father-in-law and his wayward 25-year-old stepbrother, Kenny Boy, Jack tries to get his life back on track, but slowly his world starts to spiral out of control.

The movie, which starts principal photography in London in January 2024, will have elements of comedy, thriller, crime, action, drama and even a love story strand, we’re told by the producers. Additional casting is coming together now with the focus likely to be on new faces.

Financing comes from True Brit Entertainment and Rock Star Media — the division of Grand Theft Auto maker Rock Star Games, which also backed The Football Factory — with Altitude producing and handling global sales.

The film — whose title is a euphemism for cocaine — will be produced by Chris Clark (Legend) and Will Clarke (Filth), executive-produced by Andy Mayson and Zygi Kamasa, and shot entirely in the UK.

Former Lionsgate and Marv exec Kamasa commented on True Brit’s first movie: “Nick Love is exactly the kind of director I’m excited to be backing. He has been writing and directing some terrific TV in the last six-seven years and I