Sir Elton John to make life story film musical
Sir Elton John is moving forward with plans to turn his life story into a major movie musical.
The legend is teaming with his film producer partner David Furnish and Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall to work on Rocketman, which will tell the story of the star's life and career through music.
Sir Elton will serve as executive producer and the collaboration will mark his second projectw with Hall, who worked on the Billy Elliot stage adaptation with the songwriters, who wrote the soundtrack.
Producer Steve Hamilton Shaw tells Deadline.com: "Rocketman will be a radically different kind of biopic. It will be as unique as Elton's life, told in a non-linear and hyper-visual manner that will transport people through the many intense experiences, some wonderful, some not, that helped define Elton as an artist, musician and man."
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