Trailer drops for 'Football Factory sequel' Marching Powder starring Danny Dyer
Som 20 years ago, Danny Dyer starred as violent Chelsea football hooligan Tommy Johnson in The Football Factory.
In the movie, Tommy fills his days with drinking, drugs and fighting with other fans, and an upcoming film set in the same world has him back 20 years later for more.
This time around the movie is Marching Powder, which reunites Dyer with director Nick Love, and the EastEnders star is ageing football lout Jack Jones.
It turns out the drinking, drugs and fighting isn't as much fun when you're 20 years older and Jack is ordered to clean up his act and 'pull yourself together' to avoid jail.
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He's feeling 'completely f**king irrelevant', fears his missus (Stephanie Leonidas) is having an affair and worries he's setting a bad example for his son (Artie Dyer, Danny's actual son).
There's swearing, drugs and drama aplenty along Jack's path to try and sort himself out if the trailer is anything to go by; and frankly, it looks like his attempts to turn his life around might be derailed because he keeps punching people.
The filmmakers are promising romance and comedy but declare 'this 'ain't no rom-com'.
Watch the trailer here, but be warned that it's putting out more bad language than a bloke who just had a brick dropped on his foot:
They say: "Hooked on drugs and adrenaline; and struggling to resist the pull of his firm of fellow football fans, Jack is arrested after some violent matchday exploits and given six weeks to turn his life around, or else face a long spell in prison.
"Juggling his marriage, his mates, his hard-nut bully of a father-in-law, and his unhinged 25-year-old brother-in-law, Jack tries to get his life back on track, but his world slowly starts to spiral out of control.
"Can Jack overcome his inner demons, or is he heading for jail?"
Also making up the cast are Callum Macnab, Bailey Patrick, Lex Shrapnel, Janet Kumah and Geoff Bell.
Macnab also appeared alongside Dyer in The Football Factory.
The first film spawned a documentary series that dug into football hooliganism titled The Real Football Factories where Dyer travelled around the UK visiting actual hooligan firms.
Fans reacting to the trailer for Marching Powder said 'this is what we need right now' and reckoned the film would be 'a good ol rowdy fun fest'.
Someone else said it looked like 'possibly the worst thing ever committed to film, but I will 100% be watching it on day 1'.
Another commenter hoped Dyer and Love would one day make a follow-up to The Business.
Marching Powder will release in cinemas in 2025.
Topics: TV and Film, Danny Dyer, Celebrity, Football
Joe Harker