The Chelsea Cowboy


The Chelsea Cowboy was a planned British gangster biopic, to be directed by Ben Cookson and with Alex Pettyfer, Poppy Delevingne, Lovi Poe, and Charlie Creed-Miles attached in starring roles. Originally announced in 2021, with a 2022 release, the production company ran into financial problems before filming began; despite a new production company taking on the project, as of December 2025 the film has not been released in any format.

Plot

The film will follow the rise and fall of London gangster, bodyguard, actor and underworld hard-man John Bindon, who despite having a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various members of high society, even socialising with Princess Margaret, but was not able to leave his criminal past behind.

Cast

Production

Dark Dreams Entertainment, Life Begins Film Ltd, GCB Films, and Tell Me A Storey Productions are credited as producing the project.

Funding

The production was halted when Life Begins Film Ltd, ran out of funding before filming was completed. The administrators, ReSolve Advisory, later sold all rights, materials and equipment relating to full-length feature film, after a corporate restructure of the team following advice from Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2022. The acquisition of the movie by Heracles Productions Limited, would mean production could continue to complete the film for release sometime in 2023.
The film was listed as being in post-production in June of 2023.
As of December 2025, the film has not been released.