Elton John biopic: Taron Egerton to play the iconic singer in Rocketman

Matthew Vaughn and his Marv Films will produce, along with John and his Rocket Pictures partner David Furnish. The film, penned by Lee Hall, will include John’s emergence as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to becoming a music superstar and his partnership with songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin.

John became a star with the 1973 album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, which topped the charts for two months in the US and UK. Vaughn and Egerton have teamed on both “Kingsman” films and on “Eddie the Eagle,” which Fletcher directed with Egerton starring.

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Fletcher and Vaughn have previously worked together on “Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels” and “Layer Cake.