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Joy Division to record new material
New Order have revealed they are working on songs for the film about their late Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis.
The new film, currently named, Control is based on Touching From a Distance, the book by Curtis's widow Deborah. Casting for the role of Curtis - who committed suicided in 1980 - will take place in the spring of 2006.
The film is being made by director and rock photographer Anton Corbijn, who has worked with U2 and Depeche Mode.
Peter Hook, bass player for New Order and Joy Division, told NME they wanted to record new songs for the film as Joy Division. He went on to say about the impending soundtrack, "It may include new stuff. Anton wants to use songs by Joy Division so that each song becomes a video. Like the way the Atmosphere video was filmed, he wants to write videos that appear in the film."
The Manchester band are also considering playing all Joy Division sets at future gigs.They played such a set at the October tribute concert for John Peel in London, including a rare outing for Warsaw.
Hook has also stated: "We have actually talked about doing Joy Division sets and gigs, but we haven't found our footing yet."
