Zeppelin film marks 50 years

A new Led Zeppelin film has been announced to mark the best-selling band’s 50th anniversary.

The as yet untitled documentary traces the rock band’s four members – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones – through the music scene of the 1960s.

Directed by Bernard MacMah on, who de but ed with American Epic, the film comes after the band celebrated the milestone last year. Now in post-production, the feature will be introduced to buyers at Cannes Film Festival next week.

The documentary follows the band’s meeting in the summer of 1968 and culminates in 1970 when their second album knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts.

It is the only time the band have participated in a documentary during their 50- year history and features never before seen archive footage and photographs.