The sequel to Fisherman’s Friends is coming out this month, and you can get an early sneak peek right now with our exclusive clip. Based on the true story of Fisherman’s Friends, a real-life group of Cornish fishermen who landed a record deal by singing sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friends: One and All tells the next part of the group’s story as they struggle with fame amid their journey to performing at Glastonbury Music Festival. The film will be released on Nov. 18, 2022, but you can watch our sneak peek clip below.
From Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fisherman’s Friends: One and All is written and directed by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft. The film stars James Purefoy, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Maggie Steed, Jade Anouka, Richard Harrington, David Hayman, and Imelda May.
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The official synopsis for the film is as follows:
The sequel to the 2019 hit UK comedy charts the next installment of the Fisherman’s Friends’ uplifting true-story. Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers, and Rogues” we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls, and temptations of their newfound fame. Fisherman’s Friends: One and All continues the journey with the lovable ‘buoy band,’ as they navigate the choppy waters of fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.
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From Port Isaac, the Fisherman’s Friends have been performing since the 1990s, though it was in 2010 when they landed a record deal with Universal Music. They famously performed at the Glastonbury Festival on the Pyramid Stage, which comes into play in Fisherman’s Friends: One and All. In addition to the feature films, the group has also inspired multiple documentaries about their story as well as a stage musical, dubbed Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical, which held its premiere in Truro in 2021.
On pursuing movies about the group, co-director Nick Moorcroft told Cineworld, “When we first came across the story that informed the first film, it revealed itself as a really compelling fish out of water story - pardon the pun! However, it was also a fantastic tale of the little person against the big person in which 10 ordinary fishermen get signed by Universal Records and make a million-pound record deal. There was evidently a film in there.”
Moorcroft also explained how there was just too much about the Fisherman Friends’ story to include in one movie. The decision was made to end the first film when the group got a top 10 hit, but the hope was always there to tell the next chapter with a follow-up film.
“We always knew in the back of our minds that if film number one could work, the second part of the story was as compelling a pitch as the first story,” Moorcroft said. “This time, ten ordinary fishermen have become famous and end up playing the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.”
Fisherman’s Friends: One and All will be released on Nov. 18, 2022. You can get another sneak peek by watching the full trailer below.
