Director Dexter Fletcher and star Taron Egerton reflected on their hit musical movie Rocketman, their non-biopic biopic of Elton John, in front of a packed room at Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles awards-season event.
The Paramount movie, which has grossed $195.2 million at the worldwide box office, traces the…
"To have somebody make a movie about you must be even for Elton, quite weird. It's like you're putting your childhood on sale, all your misdemeanors, your success, and all of that. Given all of that, he was incredible, and a real generous spirit. I showed him the [costume] concepts, and he gave his seal of approval…
With Rocketman, Taron Egerton got the role of a lifetime — or at least so far for this young actor, who already has made a big cinematic splash in the Kingsman movies, as well as another true-life role as Olympics ski-jumping phenomenon Eddie the Eagle.Â
But the latter was a long way from who he plays in Rocketman …
Paramount presented the Elton John biopic Rocketman at The Contenders Los Angeles today. Director Dexter Fletcher and star Taron Egerton were there to speak about representing the singer's life as a musical set to his catalog. Sir Elton was involved in developing the film and throughout the making of it. Egerton felt…
Delta Air Lines will stop showing edited versions of the films Booksmartand Rocketman on its in-flight offerings, and is working with its vendor to get editions that restore deleted same-sex love scenes.
The issue of the edited versions came up when a fan tweeted the information to Olivia Wilde, the director of Booksm…
After the surprise success last year of Bohemian Rhapsody, when he stepped up as a last-minute stand-in for exiting director Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher is getting go-round with Rocketman. A musical fantasy based on the tempestuous life and times of Elton John, the Paramount film stars Taron Egerton as the rock…
A couple surprise guests stopped by L.A.’s Greek Theatre last night, though few would need any hints about their identities: Following a screening of Rocketman, in which the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra played live to the film, the subject and star – Elton John and Taron Egerton – hit the stage for an encore…
Elton John, who won an Oscar for his music on the original Lion King, is not a fan of Disney’s remake, calling it a “disappointment”.
In an interview this week with GQ magazine, the pop icon lamented that the studio had "messed the music up" in the latest version, which was released earlier this year.
John said…
When it came to heightening the audiences’ senses toward Elton John’s musical numbers in Paramount/Marv’s Rocketman, digital effects came in handy for director Dexter Fletcher.
His summer pic, which is less musical biopic and more musical, stands apart from other rock titles in the subgenre in its authentic…
Elton John will open up about his struggles with addiction in a BBC One documentary, in which he will be interviewed by Graham Norton.
BBC Studios is making the special, titled Elton John: Uncensored, which was recorded in the south of France in August. John will reflect on his career and performances, as well as talk…
People left their homes and went to the movies this summer, shelling out $4.86 billion through Labor Day, +1% from the same period last year, which started at the end of April and lasted through Labor Day, and a few dollars shy of 2013’s $4.872B all-time record, per Comscore.
True, close to 50% of this summer’s ticket…
As we launch into the second half of the 2019 movie calendar today with Spider-Man: Far From Home and upscale horror entry Midsommar, we now inch closer to actually coming up with some legitimate Oscar contenders in this year’s Best Picture race. Not that either one of those movies has a prayer for that, or pretty…
