Tom Hardy has agreed to play Elton John in Rocket Pictures’ “Rocketman,” which will be distributed in the U.S. by Focus Features, the film’s producers announced today.
Michael Gracey is directing from an original screenplay by Oscar nominee Lee Hall (“War Horse”). Production will begin in fall 2014.
The Hardy deal caps a lengthy search to cast the role of Elton in the movie, which will be co-financed by AI Film.
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Much like the man himself, “Rocketman” is described as a larger-than-life movie musical spectacle that tells the story of a child prodigy turned music legend.