A new documentary is apparently in the works about Elton John with Netflix that will include scenes that didn’t fit in 2019 biopic, Rocketman. Rather than following the same format, a source has revealed that this new film will follow a documentary format, full of behind-the-scenes footage from the 70’s and will be called, The Pillars of Hercules.
The documentary is being made by Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone, who has delayed the film for six years to avoid clashing with the Rocketman biopic and Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. He feared the public would be bombarded with Elton John content and it would slip through the cracks.
Davey Johnstone spoke on the Greatest Music Of All Time podcast about getting the seal of approval from Elton John and his husband David Furnish; “I had a lovely conversation with David the other day in which they were really happy that I was going ahead and doing it again. Quite honestly I would never do anything, especially of a documentary nature, about anything we did without them being OK with it. So with this documentary we are in the throes right now of putting together all the last things we need.”
Regarding a potential release date for the new film, he added: “There are two more interviews we are looking to get and we will probably be finished with all the recording by late January and then we will go into editing and we will be ready about Easter.” He also gave a sneak peek saying; “The show will feature John Lennon on the night he came on stage and played Madison Square Garden with us for Thanksgiving in New York in 1974.”
