The event will be this fall in London
Elton John’s concert film Never Too Late will make its European premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. John and directors RJ Cutler and David Furnish will attend the premiere on October 10th at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
The documentary follows the Rocket Man as he looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this emotionally charged, intimate and uplifting full-circle journey. As he prepares for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium, Elton takes us back in time and recounts the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of his early years and how he overcame adversity, abuse, and addiction to become the icon he is today.
The original documentary from Disney Branded Television is produced by Rocket Entertainment and This Machine Filmworks (a part of Sony Pictures Television) and is directed by RJ Cutler and David Furnish. Cutler and Furnish also serve as producers alongside Trevor Smith. Elise Pearlstein, Mark Blatty, Luke Lloyd Davies, Rachael Paley, Jane Cha Cutler, and John Battsek serve as executive producers.
The 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express takes place from Wednesday, October 9th through Sunday, October 20th. The full festival program will be revealed on Wednesday, September 4th with tickets on sale starting on Tuesday, September 17th.
John is among the top-selling solo artists of all time with more than 70 Top 40 hits over six decades, including nine No. 1s and 29 Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. John holds the record for the biggest-selling physical single of all time with Taupin’s rewritten lyrics for “Candle in the Wind 1997,” which sold more than 33 million copies. In 2018, he was named the most successful male solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 chart history. In America, John holds the record for the longest span between Billboard Top 40 hits at 50 years.
