Rocketman TRAILER: First look at Taron Egerton as Elton John in 'fantasy musical' teaser
Billed as “a true fantasy”, the film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell and Bodyguard favourite Richard Madden.
Dexter Fletcher is the film’s director, with David Furnish – John’s spouse – among the producers.
Rocketman is out May 31, 2019. Watch the teaser above.
Egerton recently disputed calling the project a biopic at all, saying it’s more of a “fantasy musical”.
“We are making a movie called Rocketman about Elton John’s formative years. Everyone thinks it’s a bio-pic. It isn’t,” he said at CinemaCon last year, according to Collider.
“It’s a fantasy musical so it’s actually his songs used to express important beats in his life at emotional moments.
“He’s not the only character that sings. It’s going to be fun.”
He added: “I’ve been doing singing lessons. The next step is I need to think about choreography and trying to create some semblance of a performance that is at least reminiscent of him.”
The movie has been in the pipeline for years, with producer Steve Hamitlon Shaw teasing its tone way back in 2011.
“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,” he said.
Egerton and director Fletcher have worked together before; on Eddie the Eagle.
The film-maker also took over from Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody, the upcoming film about Queen – but due to DGA rules, he will be uncredited.
John is said to have been “blown away” by Egerton’s performance, according to husband Furnish in a recent interview with Digital Spy.
“When I played the songs for Elton, he was blown away, really blown away,” he said.
“Elton was like, ‘It can’t get any better for me’. Elton has told Taron, ‘Don’t copy me. Don’t think you have to sing it exactly the way that I sang it’.”
Rocketman’s release date was shifted back very slightly earlier this year; from May 17 to May 31.
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