The Prodigy‘s surviving members have announced a documentary that will tell their story from beginning to end.
Liam Howlett and Maxim (real name Keith Andrew Palmer) shared the news in a joint statement given to Billboard. “We are making a band documentary film… so fukin what?? [sic]” it read. “After the devastating passing of our brother Keef in 2019, the time feels right for us to tell the story of our band, all of it, the whole 9.”
“It’s a story of the chaotic and troubled journey of our gang, our band, the peoples band — The Prodigy,” the statement goes on. “Or simply — a story of brothers on a mission to make noise… to ignite the peoples souls and blow-up sound systems worldwide… that’s fukin what! [sic] This film will be made with the same integrity that our music is — uncompromising, raw and honest… this one’s for Keef!”
To that end, Howlett and Palmer have enlisted film director Paul Dugdale, who worked with them on a 2011 concert film titled The Prodigy: World’s On Fire, among other videos. “The film will be as wild as the band,” Dugdale said. “Dark at times, strong changes of pace, it will be a visual assault too, stylistically striking, contemporary and challenging. We want the viewers to leave the cinema like they’ve just stepped off a roller-coaster.”
The Prodigy formed in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. The electronic music band grew famous for albums like Experience, Music for the Jilted Generation and The Fat of the Land throughout the ’90s, the latter of which entered both the U.S. and U.K. charts at #1 at the height of the big beat era.
The group released the album No Tourists in 2018, and then vocalist Keith Flint was found dead in his Essex home the following March. Police later confirmed that he died by hanging with no foul play expected.
The Prodigy’s upcoming documentary will arrive by way of Pulse Films. No release date has yet to be announced.
