Alexander Skarsgard joins Harry Melling in Pillion

Actor Alexander Skarsgard will be seen sharing screen space with Harry Melling in Pillion, a new feature from Poor Things producers Element Pictures. The film is described to be a “fun and filthy romance with heart.”

The film marks the feature debut of director Harry Lighton, whose short Wren Boys was nominated for best British short at the 2018 BAFTAs. Pillion is scripted by him and is inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 novel Box Hill, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

According to the synopsis, Melling plays Colin, a weedy wallflower who is letting life pass him by until he meets Ray (Skarsgard), an impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, who him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life and introduces him to a community of kinky, queer bikers, but as Colin dives deeper into Ray’s world, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is really for him.

The film, which is set to shoot in the UK this summer, is an Element Pictures production financed by BBC Film, Picturehouse Entertainment and September Films. The BFI is also supporting the film.

Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe will produce together with Lee Groombridge. Skarsgård is executive producing alongside BBC Film’s Eva Yates, Picturehouse’s Claire Binns and September Films’ Pim Hermelin.