Rocket Pictures

Rocket Pictures
Company type	Private company
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)^[1]
Founder	Elton John
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Key people	Elton John David Furnish Steve Hamilton Shaw^[1]
Owner	The Rocket Record Company
Website	rocketpictures.co.uk

Rocket Pictures is a British film company founded in 1996 by Elton John to produce family and music-themed film and TV projects.

The company was established in 1996 with a ten-year first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company, a three-year deal with Paramount Pictures and with a current deal with STX Entertainment.^[2]

Filmography

Universal Pictures

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras (1997)
Women Talking Dirty (1999)

Icon Productions

It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)

The Walt Disney Company

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

Paramount Pictures

Sherlock Gnomes (2018)^[3]^[4]
Rocketman (2019)^[5]^[6]

STX Entertainment

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TBA)^[7]^[8]

Unproduced

Will Gallows and the Snake-Bellied Troll (TBA)^[9]
N.E.R.D.S. (TBA)^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Kroll, Justin (10 December 2010). "Rocket Pictures shoots for more music focus". Variety. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ Minns, Adam (7 November 2011). "Rocket Pictures unveils fresh slate of titles". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ Fleming, Mike (8 March 2012). "Rocket Pictures Plots 'Gnomeo & Juliet' Sequel, With New Tunes By Elton John". Deadline. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ Robinson, Will (7 November 2015). "Johnny Depp takes lead in Sherlock Gnomes". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^ Fleming, Mike (21 September 2011). "Elton John Tunes Up 'Rocketman,' A Feature Film About His Iconic Music Career". Deadline. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Rocket Pictures". EltonJohn.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ Siegel, Tatiana (5 February 2014). "Elton John to Adapt 'Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' for Big Screen". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^ "Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice To Bring Animated 'Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' To Big Screen For STX Family". Deadline Hollywood. 28 March 2017.
^ Fleming, Mike (26 July 2011). "Elton John's Rocket Pictures And Kelly Asbury Follow 'Gnomeo' With 'Will Gallows And The Snake Bellied Troll'". Deadline. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ Fleming, Mike (20 January 2012). "Elton John's Rocket Pictures Turning Kidbook 'Nerds' Into Animated Feature". Deadline. Retrieved 21 January 2012.