Elton John is now in his mid-60s but is still one of the world’s best-selling and iconic musicians around. It’s not surprising then, that a movie biopic of his very colourful life is currently in development, as just confirmed by the Crocodile Rocker himself. The idea of the biopic – entitled ROCKET MAN – has been floating around Hollywood for years, but this is the first time Elton has given us an indication of his involvement, describing the vision of the film as a ‘Jukebox Musical’.
The legendary artist has commented that Justin Timberlake is his personal choice to portray him on the big-screen that will chronicle his rise to fame:
We have a director on board, and then it’s just going to be a matter of getting the script exactly the way we want it. Lee Hall has written a script – he wrote Billy Elliot – and then we’ll start trying to cast and plan.
I’ve got a wish list of people. Number one on my wishlist is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and he was superb.
It’s going to be a surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge, I just don’t want it to be a normal biopic because my life hasn’t been like that.
As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I’m not unhappy about it. It’s a different time of my life now, and it gives me the freedom to do whatever kind of music I want to do, When I say I don’t have to write pop songs anymore, there’s no way I’m going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I’m doing a duet with Lady Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.
Source: L.A.Times
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
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Jan 3, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Aaah JT, that well-known Elton John lookalike…