Studio:
Tristar Pictures.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It:
Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg (Screenwriters, Musical Score, Lyricists); Cameron Mackintosh,
Chris Kenny (Producers); David Matalon (Executive Producer); Herbert Kretzmer (English Lyricist);
John Napier (Production Design); based on the musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg,
which was in turn based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
Premise: This is the musical version of the story of Jean Valjean, and his journey from prison parolee to mayor to man of affluence to eccentric hermit, and the various lives he affects by his refusal to let go of hope.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: Long running about the shadows of Hollywood much as Valjean had to traverse the sewers of Paris, the creators of the hit musical have had their eyes on the big screen for some time now. What happened to the big musical comeback? Evita had its day in the sun, and Woody Allen's offbeat (no pun intended) Everyone Says I Love You was fairly well received. Will the musical version of the story hit the screen? Only time will tell.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett', who once tore up a yellow ticket only to find it was the winning Wonka Factory ticket.]
June 7, 1998... Apparently Alan Parker was Mackintosh's first choice for the director's chair, but he withdrew from the project. Other directors who did likewise were Bruce Beresford and Richard Attenborough. The film is supposed to go forward once a director comes on board and stays on long enough to get the thing made. [Originally appeared in the rec.arts.theatre.musicals FAQ; reported by 'Widgett', whose apartment looks perpetually barricaded.]