“Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the long-awaited Led Zeppelin documentary is changing its title.
The name change was spotted on the film’s listing on the website of Altitude Film Sales, the company hired by the filmmakers to sell it to distributors.
The site dropped the word ‘Becoming’ from the film’s title and it’s now named just “Led Zeppelin.”
First announced in 2019, the flick was touted as the first-ever band-sanctioned Led Zep documentary, featuring exclusive interviews with the three surviving members of the band.
The film also boasted archival interviews with late drummer John Bonham, as well as previously unseen photographs and video footage.
Despite the hype, “Becoming Led Zeppelin” premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival to mixed reviews, and the administrator of Led Zeppelin’s official forum announced that the film was being re-edited.
He explained, “As the filmmakers have told me, they’ll continue to be on the search for unseen archive from the period the film covers all the way until the film is released, so if anyone has anything they would like to send their way, please reach out to me. A few new gems have been added since its public screening last year.”
