Elton John Wants Justin Timberlake To Play Him In Biopic

By Larry Yepez Jr.

Elton John is moving forward with plans to turn his life story into a major movie-musical with help from his film-producer partner David Furnish.

Sir Elton says the film on his life story has finally landed a director and he already knows who should play him. Sir Elton John has named Justin Timberlake as his "number one" choice to star in his upcoming biopic.

The Rocketman movie will tell the story of the star's life and career through his music. Timberlake previously played the singer in one of his music videos.

"I've got a wish list of people," the Elton John tells the L.A. Times after it asked who should play him in the planned film. "No. 1 on my wish list is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of 'Rocket Man' and was superb."

Elton says the biopic will feature songs from his career and possibly a few new ones. Written by Billy Elliot scribe, Lee Hall, the singer describes the film as a "surreal" look at his life rather than a strictly factual account, much in the vein of Moulin Rouge. He also says they've found a director, though it won't be Moulin Rouge’s Baz Luhrman.

"We tried to get Baz, but Baz is so busy," he says of finding the film's director. "We can't announce it yet, but we have got someone on board that we're very excited about."

John says they're currently working on the script "and then we'll start trying to cast and plan." Timberlake, recently had his first starring role in a film in In Time, so he'll have some experience when leading the Rocketman Movie!

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Tags Baz Luhrman, Billy Elliot, Blogger: Larry Yepez Jr, David Furnish, David LaChapelle, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, Lee Hall, Moulin Rouge, The Rocketman