Ronnie James Dio, the legendary guitarist who died in 2010, was never forgotten by his fans. His long-awaited documentary, Dio Dreams Never Die, had its very first public screening at SXSW in Austin earlier this year. According to his family, the film will eventually be available in theaters.

 “We did a lot of different film festivals,” Wendy said. You go to film festivals to get a buyer for the film. And we have secured a buyer. And it will come out at the end of summer in theaters; it’ll be in theaters the end of summer.”

Wendy’s previous interview on Dio Dreamers Never Die included Rob Halford and Jack Black, who was portrayed in the documentary.

“I saw the first cut of it. It was very emotional. It’s very different from [Dio’s autobiography]. ‘Cause the book finishes in 1986, with Ronnie playing Madison Square Garden. But the documentary goes all the way through his life till the end. And it was very emotional. I was watching it with my publicist and a person from BMG, who are funding the documentary. And we all cried. It was very emotional. But it’s really interesting and really good.

“Rob Halford is great in it, talking about stories. Lita Ford [and] Jack Black [are also in it]. Eddie Trunk and Mick Wall

both kind of narrated it and everything. I’m very pleased with it. I don’t know exactly when it’s gonna come out [this] year, but it’ll be out [this] year.”

BMG is also the financier and executive producer of Dio Dreamers Never Die, which is set to be the definitive documentary on Ronnie James Dio. He will contain never-before-seen archival footage and pictures with his own materials. The film will offer intimate scenes with his closest peers, friends and family as they bring us inside the life of one of rock and roll’s true heroes.