Sir Elton John wants to make a movie of ‘Billy Elliot the Musical’.
The 68-year-old singer – who scored the musical, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week – admitted it would be "lovely" to turn the show into a movie so more people could hear the songs.
He said: "It would be lovely to do a film version.
"There are other songs that we had had to leave out of the musical that would be great in the film."
The story – which follows an 11-year-old boy as he escapes the working class expectations of his family in County Durham to become a ballet dancer – was originally made into an Oscar-nominated film in 2000, but Elton is keen for a "fresh" version to be made with the musical numbers included.
He told BBC: "You can only do so much on stage with the material you’ve got and the length of the show, so I think if one did a movie of this show it would be nice to change some things and maybe put something fresh in."
Although Elton – who has sons Zachary, four, and Elijah, two, with his husband David Furnish – confessed he would be eager to work on the project, he teased he had "just written" another new musical, although refrained from giving further details.
Sir Elton John wants to make film of Billy Elliot the Musical
