Sir Elton John

Sir Elton John

Sir Elton John has announced he is working on plans to bring his "crazy" life story to the big screen.

The Rocket Man and his partner, Canadian film producer David Furnish, are teaming up with British screenwriter Lee Hall for the project.

And the singer has promised fans the upcoming biopic will be as wild as his career and personal life have been.

He explains, "I'd just like to make a really great film about my life story. We have a great script already by Lee Hall who wrote Billy Elliot.

"Obviously, it's not going to be your normal, run of the mill film because my life has kind of been crazy. And I think it's important to do a kind of surrealistic take on my life."

Meanwhile the star himself hsa told his fans to take signs to his concerts - because now he's had his eyesight corrected, he can read them.

The Nikita rocker insists touring is more fun for him now than it was when he was younger - because he's no longer high backstage, alone in hotel rooms and he can see the faces of his fans.

He explains, "I had my eyes done about eight years ago; I had replacement lens surgery because I was so blind... Now I have 20/20 vision and I can see all the signs that the fans have, all the album sleeves - and it makes a difference.

"I really appreciate my performing so much better now as I get older than I did. I don't take it for granted anymore."

Elton admits he even looks forward to tours: "When I come offstage now I have a balance in my life. Until I found that in 1990 I came off stage and I didn't know what to do with myself. Now I fly home every night after a show and I get back in my own bed. I have a wonderful partner in David (Furnish), I have wonderful friends. I can remember things. I don't take drugs anymore.

"It's a whole new world out there. I could remember the words to the songs; it's great! It's just sensational what's happened to me in the last few years. The older I get, I think I'm singing better live."


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