Updated! See Taron Egerton as Elton John in the first image from ROCKETMAN

Updated! See Taron Egerton as Elton John in the first image from ROCKETMAN

Updated! Trailer is now here – see below.

At one stage Tom Hardy was pegged to play Elton John in his biopic but it seems Taron ended up stepping in.. I have a feeling scheduling conflicts caused that one but evenstill Taron has proved he can pretty much play anyone, hes even Robin Hood coming up in November!

The film, written by Lee Hall, will cover John’s from his time at the Royal Academy of Music to becoming the megastar he is now.

Joining Taron in the film is Jamie Bell who will be playing his longtime writing partner Burnie Taupin with Bryce Dallas Howard playing John’s mother Sheila and Richard Madden as Elton’s ex manager and one time boyfriend.

Paramount is currently selling the film as “‘ROCKETMAN’ is an epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years”

Rocketman will be in cinemas May 2019.

 

Darran loves watching movies, listening to movies and generally everything movies which is mainly the reason why he started accessreel.com and roped some friends in to help him.. Favorite Films: Star Wars, Lost in Translation, Grosse Point Blank, Shawshank Redemption and any Kevin Smith or Tarantino.