Did you know they were working on a biopic for The Scorpions? Well, they are, and you can see the first teaser trailer below! Not long now, “Wind Of Change” recently started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in London.
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Actors Dominic West (“The Crown”), Alexander Dreymon (“The Last Kingdom”), Ludwig Trepte (“Generation War”), Ed Speleers (“You”), David Kross (“The Reader”) and Luke Brandon Field (“Interview With The Vampire”) all have lead roles in the movie.
It’s being directed by Alex Ranarivelo.
As you’d expect, “Wind Of Change” will look at the Scorpions storied career, including band members guitarist Rudolf Schenker (Dreymon), Klaus Meine (Trepte), Matthias Jabs (Speleers) and drummer Herman Rarebell (Field). It shows the band uniting over their love of music and meaningful lyrics. “Wind Of Change” became the soundtrack to the end of the Cold War, and symbolizes hope, peace and unity. West is set to play Doc McGhee, the band’s manager and Kross will star as Andrej, the band’s imprisoned friend.
Ali Afshar, founder and president of ESX Entertainment said, “It’s been an unbelievable journey developing this film and bringing it to life feels surreal. Not only did the Scorpions’ music help me get through tremendous difficulties as an Iranian immigrant in America in the early ’80s, but their message of love, peace and rock ‘n’ roll seems more relevant today than ever. This cast is an amazing ensemble of truly great talent. I can’t thank FOX Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment enough for their support and especially the band — Rudolf, Klaus and Matthias — for believing in us and trusting us to tell their life story.”
The Scorpions have carved their name into rock history books, rocking for over 50 years, selling 110 million albums worldwide, and are one of Germany’s most successful musical exports. “Rock You Like A Hurricane” and “Wind of Change” have billions of streams across platforms and you can still hear their music on rock radio and streaming playlists, and they continue to tour worldwide.
“Wind Of Change” is produced by ESX Entertainment’s Ali Afshar, Christina Moore and Daniel Aspromonte for FOX Entertainment Studios in association with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The film is written by Mark Andrews and directed by Alex Ranarivelo. FOX Entertainment Global retains worldwide distribution rights excluding U.S. and global transactional rights, which Warner Bros. Discovery Global Content Sales will manage.
This past April, singer Klaus Meine talked to Brazil’s Rolling Stone and talked about the biopic, “There’s a guy, a producer in Los Angeles, who’s working on this project for quite a while. It’s very close to his heart. So he is in this with all his heart and passion for rock music and for his love for the Scorpions and for our music and for our work of life. And so he wants to make, not a documentary, he wants to make a biopic about the band and tell the story of the band. And hopefully they get it done throughout the next couple months so it will work out with the 60th anniversary of the band. It will be wonderful.”
Meine added, “They will tell the story of the Scorpions from a different point of view. He’s a Persian producer, lives in Los Angeles, works very close with Warner Brothers for many, many years. Very experienced kind of producer, and he has a great team and they’re all in this with their heart and souls, and wanna make a great movie about the band for the fans around the world to share it with us.”
When “Wind Of Change” was first announced in June 2024, Afshar said, “The Scorpions” music has penetrated our culture in a big way. There is an evocative quality to their sound that is unmatched in the genre, which is one of the reasons hits like ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’ and ‘Still Loving You’ continue to get so much airplay and fill movie soundtracks, and their music continues to connect with a new generation of fans across the globe.”
Sounds like we’ll see The Scorpions’ biopic sooner than later. Which other bands do you want to see do the same thing?
