WENDY DIO: Ronnie Was Thinking of Doing an Animated Musical w/ David Lee Roth Voice as Main Character

Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to Wendy Dio for the upcoming Deluxe DVD, Blu-Ray release of ‘Dreamers never Die’ the Dio documentary.

She also spoke about upcoming Dio’s, box set, his legacy and about Ronnie thinking of doing an animation movie in the 80’s using David lee Roth as main character.

In the interview The Metal Voice asked Wendy Dio to confirm whether it was true or not that Ronnie James Dio in the 80’s was thinking about doing an animated musical using David Lee Roth’s voice as the main character she said, “yeah, (laughs), it was true. It was very true. We wanted a cartoon, (laughs) the story of Murray (bands mascot). Then the Metal Voice asked if it was middle-earth themed and how far did Ronnie get she said, “yep it was middle earth, it was a musical. I don’t think it got to paper (to be written down). Ronnie was very much doing one thing at a time. If he was home writing songs he was only doing that. So he did not multi-task very well. It was going to be (animated movie) the story of Murray. Murray is the name Ronnie gave to that monster (album of Holy Diver).

The acclaimed film, which world premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, enjoyed a special event theatrical release in more than 600 cinemas worldwide last fall and is streaming on SHOWTIME, will be released worldwide by Mercury Studios on September 29, 2023 on DVD and Blu-Ray+4K and as a special Deluxe Edition featuring the DVD and Blu-Ray packaged with exclusive merchandise.