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Elton John biopic Rocketman
DIR By: Mac
Date: September 23, 2011, 11:59 am
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New Details on Elton John Biopic ROCKETMAN; Film Will Include
Choreographed Sequences Using John’s Music
This could go either in movies or music.
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> collider.com
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> Back in January, we reported that a biopic of Elton John was
in the works. John himself is acting as an executive producer on
the project, and is overseeing the development as Lee Hall
(Billy Elliot) works on the screenplay. Details were scarce at
the time, with John merely stating that the film will be more of
a fantasy in the vein of Moulin Rouge! than your typical biopic.
Well today we’ve got a few more details on the project. The film
will cover John’s life from his days as a child piano prodigy to
his life as a young man rebelling against his parents, parading
in flamboyant costumes, and achieving fame with his
collaboration with songwriter Bernie Taupin. Producer Stephen
Hamilton Shaw described their approach to the project:
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> “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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> Hit the jump for more details.
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> elton-john-image-04Hall and John are far from strangers, as
John wrote the music for Hall’s West End (and later Broadway)
stage adaptation of Billy Elliot. Deadline reports that the
biopic will include choreographed sequences using John’s songs
incorporated into the film. I quite like the approach that John
and Co. are taking to the film. John’s no Abraham Lincoln, and
I think a whimsical and slightly off-center approach is much
more appropriate for John’s story than a straight drama.
Currently, no director or star are attached, but filling those
two roles will be the next step. John is producing the pic
through his Rocket Pictures banner, which recently released
Gnomeo & Juliet 3D.
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Ugh, this sounds utterly horrible. >:(
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Re: Elton John biopic Rocketman
DIR By: ChipRawks
Date: September 23, 2011, 12:54 pm
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It can't be any worse than Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,
right?
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Re: Elton John biopic Rocketman
DIR By: Mac
Date: September 23, 2011, 1:14 pm
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> It can't be any worse than Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
Band, right?
>
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Excellent point
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