Stiller, Elton team up for AIDS musical

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Elton John is working on a film musical about a gay man with AIDS for Tropic Thunder star Ben Stiller.

The musician wrote on the GQ style blog that while the project might not initially sound funny, the finished product will be.

He said: "It's very funny. The premise doesn't sound funny, but it is. All right?

"It's about a guy on Broadway who is gay, has HIV and AIDS, and has to go back and face his wife and his kids that he left. It's very funny."

Elton John wrote the score for the Broadway production of The Lion King, and also helped to adapt Billy Elliot for the stage.