“Even if the movie doesn’t make one penny — which will kill Jim Gianopulos — it is the movie I wanted to make, and that doesn’t happen often,” said no one other than Elton John on Thursday as he proceeded to sing his signature “I’m Still Standing” at the Carlton Beach after-party for the world premiere of the movie…

UPDATED with “I’m Still Standing” video, Elton John and Bernie Taupin reaction: As Deadline exclusively reported this morning, no shocker here: Elton John and Rocketman star Taron Egerton performed a duet of the Paramount film’s iconic title song together at the film’s world premiere after-party at the Carlton Beach…

EXCLUSIVE: From the minute Rocketman landed an out of competition spot at Cannes, it’s been buzzed that Elton John could perform at tonight’s after-premiere party, the same spot some 37 years ago where he shot the music video for his hit 1983 song “I’m Still Standing.” Well, it wouldn’t be a shocker if that happens: A…

Actors love to boast about their range, but in a pair of movies releasing in 2019, Jamie Bell will get to demonstrate his. Premiering at Cannes is Rocketman, directed by Dexter Fletcher. In the musical biopic of the life of Elton John, Bell plays John's longtime songwriter Bernie Taupin. And in a complete 180, Guy…

Following a global backlash and an outcry from celebrities including George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres to boycott the nine luxury hotels he owns around the world, the Sultan of Brunei today pulled back on extreme laws against LGBTQ citizens of his country, extended a moratorium on a death penalty that…

It’s official: Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic Rocketman is making its global debut at the Cannes Film Festival in a special out of competition Gala screening on May 16. The Paramount release hits U.S./Canada on May 31 and the early footage that’s been seen by the media and exhibitors in recent weeks at CinemaCon…

Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John and Billie Jean King are among celebrities to follow George Clooney’s lead in calling for a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who on Wednesday introduced strict new laws in his country including sentences of stoning to death for adultery and homosexual sex. Starting today…

Elton John has joined George Clooney’s call for a boycott of nine hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei, after the Southeast Asian leader’s nation enacted new laws making homosexual acts punishable by death, starting April 3. “I believe that love is love and being able to love as we choose is a basic human right…

The Broadway-bound The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Elton John, has found its director: Anna D. Shapiro, Tony Award-winner in 2008 for August: Osage County, was announced today by producers Kevin McCollum, Fox Stage Productions and Rocket Entertainment. A production time-line and casting will be announced at a…

Taron Egerton has gone all in on Rocketman, Paramount’s biopic of Elton John that follows the road of the rock icon’s transformation from shy Middlesex piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar. The studio has unveiled the official trailer for the pic, which is prepping for its May 31 theatrical…

Paramount has released a featurette of Taron Egerton singing Elton John classic Tiny Dancer in biopic Rocketman. The film will chart the story of the artist’s breakthrough years when he went from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight to become international superstar Elton John. Egerton stars with Jamie Bell as John’s…

There’s a new biopic about a revered British pop star from the 1970s who assaulted the charts worldwide while exuding style, charisma and sheer innate talent. But this one hasn’t made more than $700 million. Given the massive and unprecedented global succuss of Bohemian Rhapsody, Paramount must be salivating at the…