Elton John is still busy working on a biopic of his life, with Tom Hardy set to star, but his Rocket Films outfits has some other plans too, as THR reports they’re putting together an animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Elton is set to be an executive producer, while his hubby David Furnish will produce alongside Rocket Pictures Steve Hamilton Shaw.
Originally written to be performed in a London school in 1968, Joseph became a concept album before going on to be one of the most successful stage shows in history, with numerous productions playing all over the world in the last 40 years.
The musical follows the biblical story of Joseph, who is given the Technicolor Dreamcoat by his father, which angers his brothers so much that they sell him into slavery. Joseph ends up in Egypt, and his fortunes begin to change when he is able to interpret the pharaoh’s prophetic dreams.
No writer, director, or stars are attached to the film at the moment, and it’s also not known when we might see the movie.