{"id":744277,"date":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744277\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","slug":"full-trailer-artwork-and-streaming-date-released-for-pulps-new-what-do-you-do-for-an-encore-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744277\/","title":{"rendered":"Full trailer, artwork and streaming date released for Pulp’s new ‘What Do You Do For An Encore?’ film"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full trailer, artwork and official streaming release date for Pulp<\/a>\u2018s new concert film, What Do You Do For An Encore?, have been released.<\/p>\n

Jarvis Cocker<\/a> and co. announced details of the new film back in June<\/a>, as well as an accompanying live album that will capture the Sheffield band\u2019s two sold-out shows at The O2 in London last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directed by Garth Jennings \u2013 who helmed the classic music videos for Pulp\u2019s \u2018Help The Aged\u2019 and \u2018A Little Soul\u2019 \u2013 the 90-minute movie features narration from the members, rare behind the scenes footage, and follows the band\u2019s \u201cextraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last month, it was confirmed that global distributor MUBI would be previewing the movie for fans for one night only in UK and Irish cinemas<\/a> on September 18. From there, it will head to Canadian theatres on September 23 and US cinemas on September 24.<\/p>\n

Now, it has been revealed that What Do You Do For An Encore? will stream exclusively on MUBI from September 25.<\/p>\n

The artwork has been unveiled for the first time too, showing a close-up shot of the frontman\u2019s torso as he performs on stage, and a full trailer has also been released. The latter features an assortment of colourful footage of the band playing live in 2025, as well as some snippets of them backstage in the \u201890s.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood evening. This is a night you\u2019ll remember for the rest of your life,\u201d Cocker says at the beginning, as the intro to \u2018Common People\u2019 plays in the background. \u201cHow do you get to a moment like this? That\u2019s a long story\u2026 The Pulp story\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real live version of Pulp has been far more interesting than anything I could have imagined alone,\u201d he adds in the clip. \u201cSongs contain pockets of energy from your past life, which is released when you perform them again. It\u2019s real time travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as making the music videos for two of Pulp\u2019s songs, Jennings has also made visuals for Blur<\/a>, Radiohead<\/a>, Beck<\/a>, R.E.M.<\/a>, Fatboy Slim<\/a> and Vampire Weekend<\/a>, as well as directing the 2005 sci-fi film The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide To The Galaxy, and writing animated movies Sing and Sing 2.<\/p>\n

The film is produced by Octavia Peissel (Asteroid City), and edited by Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Cocker himself is on board as an executive producer alongside Stuart Goldstein, Tom Healy and Rosie Taylor, Harper Simon and Mark Sainsbury.<\/p>\n

Expected to capture the spirit of the classic Talking Heads<\/a> 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense<\/a>, What Do You Do For An Encore? will blend the \u201cbrilliantly choreographed stage spectacle\u201d that the band had on their most recent arena tour<\/a> \u2013 celebrating the release of \u2018More\u2019<\/a>, their first album in 24 years \u2013 alongside four decades of \u201ccolourful, never-seen-before archival material.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are also 20 songs featured in the film, including a variety of fan-favourites and deep cuts.<\/p>\n

The accompanying \u2018Live!\u2019 album is set for release on Rough Trade on August 28. Visit here<\/a> to pre-order the live album, and here for tickets<\/a> to the MUBI cinema screenings of What Do You Do For An Encore?.<\/p>\n

\"Pulp'sPulp\u2019s Jarvis Cocker. CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n

Since announcing the upcoming film earlier this summer, Pulp have played a huge headline set to close out Mad Cool 2026<\/a> \u2013 where they broke out \u2018Common People\u2019 as England fans celebrated the win against Norway at the World Cup<\/a> \u2013 and also delivered a special orchestral gig to celebrate 50 years of Rough Trade at London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They are set to play their \u201conly major UK headline concert\u201d at Manchester\u2019s Wythenshawe Park<\/a> on August 28, before topping the bill at End Of The Road 2026<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

Since releasing \u2018More\u2019 last year, Pulp have dropped new track \u2018Begging For Change\u2019<\/a> for the the star-studded \u2018Help(2)\u2019 charity album for War Child<\/a>, and also digitally released an EP featuring two new songs<\/a>: \u2018Marrying For Love\u2019 and \u2018Cold Call On The Hotline\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The full trailer, artwork and official streaming release date for Pulp\u2018s new concert film, What Do You Do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3582,96,3583,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-744277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-britpop","tag-entertainment","tag-indie","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}