New Eminem documentary coming to screens next month

Following its critically-acclaimed opening at the inaugural SXSW London earlier this year, the new Eminem-produced documentary STANS will launch globally in cinemas. The film offers a raw and riveting exploration of Eminem's legendary career through the eyes of his most devoted fans.

Released in 2000, Eminem's song Stan - about an obsessive, unstable fan - remains iconic. So iconic that the term stan was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017.

The song and its storyline serves as a guiding light for this unconventional and fully authorised feature, which follows a cast of real-life "stans" whose deep personal connections to Eminem mirror some of the many themes found throughout his lyrics.

More than just an exploration of fandom, the film examines the complicated relationship between one of the world's most private artists and his huge public persona. Through stylised recreations, rare archival footage, and intimate original interviews, it offers a raw, loud, and revealing journey across Eminem's career - and the passionate audience that has grown with him.

The film delves deep into the emotional and transformative connection between Eminem and some of the superfans whose lives have been shaped by his music.

Trafalgar Releasing will launch the film internationally on August 7. Full screening details to be made available on the official film website stansmovie.com from Thursday, July 24.

STANS is directed by Emmy-winning writer, director, and investigative journalist Steven Leckart and produced by Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Stuart Parr, Antoine Fuqua, Tony DiSanto, David Schiff with DIGA Studios in association with Shady Films, Fuqua Films, Interscope Films, and MTV Entertainment Studios. Bruce Gillmer, Amanda Culkowski and Michael Maniaci are Executive Producers for MTV Entertainment Studios.

Over the course of his career, Eminem has sold more than 164 million albums and has more than 110 billion streams globally. He was Nielsen SoundScan's top-selling artist of the 2000s with 32.2 million albums sold in that decade in the U.S. alone. Eminem has won 15 GRAMMY Awards and an Academy Award. His 2010 album, Recovery, was the first album in the U.S. to be certified platinum digitally. In March 2021 his greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits, became the first hip-hop album to spend a full decade on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. His latest album, The Death of Slim Shady, was released July 12, 2024 and was his eleventh straight studio album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200, selling over 281,000 units. Eminem is now the only rapper to have released a platinum certified album in four different decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s).

STANS is out in cinemas from August 7.