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NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES BERNIE TAUPIN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Network Media Group Inc. and Network Entertainment Inc. is in production on a new feature-length documentary celebrating the life and career of legendary lyricist Bernie Taupin.

The film, produced by multiaward-winning Network Entertainment (Sidney, BRATS, Sly Stone), will dive deep into the roots of Mr. Taupin's creativity.

Derik Murray, founder of Network Entertainment, stated: "We are proud to be working with Bernie on the definitive documentary of his inspiring journey and musical legacy. We're also incredibly grateful for the opportunity to shine a light on the mystery behind the genius of Bernie."

From "Your Song" to "Sacrifice" to "I'm Still Standing" to "I Want Love," Mr. Taupin's cinematic lyrics will come to life on the screen, supported by the classic songs that legions of Elton John and Mr. Taupin fans around the world have been singing for decades.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Matthew Miele (Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion; Alan Pakula: Going for Truth) and featuring newly commissioned, cinematically filmed interviews and meticulously sourced archival content, the film promises a pulsating celebration of Mr. Taupin's life, a deep dive into the roots of his creativity -- including Mr. Taupin living his dream as a cowboy on the California coast, and a trip with Mr. Taupin back to Lincolnshire to capture his origin story, which is rooted within many of his songs that have become classics -- and an insider's look at his insatiable pursuit of sonic and visual art forms.

Mr. Miele stated: "I think many people are unaware that the phenomenon that is Elton John is really two people. And as talented and flamboyant as the melody maker of that duo has become, one can't help but be curious about the one who writes the words, the storyteller. Having the opportunity to chronicle the brown dirt cowboy, aka Bernie Taupin, has been a story I have been working toward my entire career."

Featured interviews in the forthcoming documentary include Elton John and an iconic cast of artists such as Brandi Carlile, Alice Cooper, James Hetfield, Annie Lennox, Lulu, Gary Oldman, Ringo Starr and Pete Townshend.

Mr. Taupin shared: "Reticent as I am to scrutiny, this project has been enlightening both on an emotional and analytical level. The originality of all parties involved has made participating in it much easier as I loosen my grip on the cards I hold closest to my chest."

One of the most successful, decorated and revered song-writing duos of all time, Mr. Taupin and Elton John have a record 30 consecutive Top 40 hits, have co-created over 25 platinum albums and 35 gold albums, and have sold more than 255 million records worldwide, and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Mr. Taupin's rewrite of "Candle in the Wind" for Princess Diana's funeral remains the biggest-selling physical single in recording history. In 2020, Mr. Taupin and Elton received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song from the 2019 film about Elton John's rise to fame, Rocketman. Two thousand twenty-two saw Mr. Taupin honoured with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his "exceptional services to music." September, 2023, marked the release of Mr. Taupin's New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling autobiography, Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me. And the last six months have solidified Mr. Taupin's legacy in the pantheon of songwriters, as he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November. You can see Elton John and Mr. Taupin at the ceremony on-line (in a link available in the original news release). In March of this year, Mr. Taupin and Elton John were awarded the distinguished Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Brian Gersh, president of Network Entertainment, stated, "What a gift to make a film in which Bernie Taupin, arguably one of the most revered and prolific songwriters of the modern era, brings us inside his life, his creative process and his half-century career working with Elton John."

Directed by Mr. Miele, the documentary is produced by Network Entertainment in association with Polygram Entertainment -- the film and television arm of Universal Music Group. Producers are Network Entertainment's Derik Murray, Heather Taupin and Stephen McCormack of Reflektor Media. Executive producers are Jody Gerson and David Blackman for Polygram, Erik Dekker, Tim Gamble, Brian Gersh, Paul Gertz, Charlie Hendon, Denis MacCarthy, Mr. Miele, Ali Pejman, Craig Verdon, Cameron White, Curtis White, Kyle White, Kent Wingerak, and Greg Zeschuk.

About Network Entertainment Inc.

Network Entertainment develops, finances and produces award-winning films and television programming for distribution across the globe. Network's recent releases include the award-winning Sidney Poitier documentary, Sidney, which premiered at TIFF and was produced by Oprah Winfrey and Derik Murray, and directed by Reginald Hudlin, for Apple TV+; the feature documentary BRATS, directed by original Brat Pack member Andrew McCarthy in partnership with NEON and ABC News Studios, which premiered at Tribeca and subsequently went straight to No. 1 on Hulu upon its release; the electric four-part docu-series PUNK, executive produced by legendary fashion designer John Varvatos and punk pioneer Iggy Pop, which made its United States premiere on EPIX; and The Age of A.I., an eight-part series in partnership with host and executive producer Robert Downey Jr., which launched on YouTube Originals and has attracted 62 million views and counting. Upcoming releases include a feature documentary on ground-breaking musical artist Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone, directed by Academy Award-winner and four-time Grammy and Sundance Film Festival Award-winner Ahmir Questlove Thompson, in partnership with MRC Non-Fiction, which was acquired by Disney's Onyx Collective.

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