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Cleopatra Entertainment have announced a new documentary on the late Paul Di’Anno (ex-Iron Maiden). The film is titled “Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer” and it will be released this summer.

The following was said about the documentary;

“In a strikingly raw and intimate film, Wes Orshoski, co-director and producer of the acclaimed 2010 film “Lemmy” about the Motorhead icon, and 2015’s “The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead”, about punk rock legends The Damned, captures the late singer riding an emotional rollercoaster toward the end of his life. Featuring appearances by James Hetfield (Metallica), Gene Simmons (KISS), Maiden’s Steve Harris and members of Exodus, Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill and Sepultura, the film chronicles how two Iron Maiden fans encounter Di’Anno at the lowest point of his life and then set out to restore his health and relaunch his career.

Wheelchair-bound since the mid-2010s, Di’Anno’s health nosedived during the COVID-19 pandemic, when those two fans launched a crowdfunding campaign which ultimately led to him relocating to Croatia, where – through the help of those fans and doctors – he made a dramatic turnaround while running out of money, reuniting with his former Maiden bandmates, and falling in love. Eventually he makes a heroic and drama-filled return to the stage. All of this is captured in “Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer”, which Orshoskibegan shooting in 2017.”

Wes Orshoski also commented:

“For years there wasn’t much to capture. Paul was waiting for surgeries that doctors in the U.K. would not green-light. He was in an incredibly dark place. But once he got to Croatia, fans and doctors gave him the hope he was desperately searching for. It was beautiful to witness. I wanted to make a film that was unlike any rock doc you’ve ever seen. And in the end, I think we got there.”

The film will be screened at European film festivals before receiving a streaming and DVD and Blu-ray release. A trailer can be seen below: