Def Leppard Documentary ‘Long Live Def Leppard’ Coming to Theaters in 2027 From Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk — SkimNews
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- "Long Live Def Leppard" is the first authorized feature-length documentary about the British band, produced in close collaboration with the five current members: Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell, and Rick Allen, and featuring never-before-seen footage.
- Bleecker Street's Crosswalk division acquired North American rights and set an early 2027 theatrical release, with Sobey Road Entertainment as lead financier.
- Def Leppard has sold more than 110 million albums worldwide and been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; the doc traces their rise from working-class Sheffield through breakthrough albums "Pyromania" and "Hysteria."
- Two defining tragedies frame the story per the synopsis: drummer Rick Allen's accident that cost him his arm, and the death of guitarist Steve Clark, whose riffs anchor the band's anthemic sound.
- Jeff Feuerzeig ("The Devil and Daniel Johnston," "Author: The JT LeRoy Story") directs; he told of seeing the not-yet-famous band open for Ozzy Osbourne at Asbury Park's Convention Hall in 1981 and called the project "not your typical sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll tale."
- Bleecker Street CEO Kent Sanderson called the band "a once-in-a-lifetime rock band, whose story and live performances demand to be seen and heard on the big screen," positioning the film for both longtime fans and newcomers.
Why it matters: Feuerzeig explicitly pitches the film as "not your typical sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll tale," with the surviving-band narrative built around perseverance after Allen losing an arm and Clark's death — giving Crosswalk a prestige event-cinema title for the band's 110-million-albums-spanning catalog while the Hall of Fame-era lineup is still active.
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