ROCKETMAN (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Richard Madden (Cinderella), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Stephen Graham (This Is England), Jason Pennycooke (Mister Lonely), Charlie Rowe (The Boat That Rocked), Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Kit Connor (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), Kamil Lemieszewski (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword), Steven Mackintosh (Robot Overlords), Jimmy Vee (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Rachel Muldoon (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Dexter Fletcher (Sunshine on Leith), director; Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), writer; Adam Bohling (Layer Cake), David Furnish (Sherlock Gnomes), David Reid (Eddie the Eagle) and Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service), producers; Matthew Margeson (Truth or Dare), composer; George Richmond (Wild Bill), cinematographer; Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The life story of Elton John (Egerton), from his days as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music, to his breakthrough as an entertainer, to his battles with depression and substance abuse…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Elton John’s life story is given the Bohemian Rhapsody treatment, albeit in a much more fantastical light, and with plenty of musical numbers set to Elton’s greatest hits.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2019

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