Becoming Led Zeppelin 2025

Becoming Led Zeppelin is a 2025 musical documentary film directed and written by Bernard MacMahon and written and produced by Allison McGourty, about the formation and first year of Led Zeppelin. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II England, the film tells the story of the musical apprenticeship of four boys, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, who, inspired by African-American music, travel to the United States in the psychedelic era to pursue their musical ambitions. Led Zeppelin, who had previously declined all documentary and dramatic film proposals, agreed to participate after viewing McGourty and MacMahon's detailed storyboard and admiring their American Epic films, granting the filmmakers complete artistic freedom and independence to make the film. The meticulous production lasted five years, and was turned down by every major studio. On release it achieved the highest-grossing opening weekend for an IMAX-exclusive music film, and became the highest grossing documentary of 2025.