UPDATE, with Mandalay assertion: A function movie adaptation of Shucked, the corny (that’s a praise) pun-filled Broadway musical comedy, is in growth, with Mandalay Footage on board to provide.
Shucked producer Mike Bosner made the announcement final night time in the course of the curtain name of Shucked‘s remaining efficiency, saying, “We’re all just a little unhappy to say goodbye to this, however there’s some excellent news. We don’t must say goodbye simply but, as a result of we will likely be making a function movie of Shucked.”
Watch video of the announcement under.
Mandalay president and Air producer Jason Michael Berman and Jordan Moldo are on board as producers on behalf of Mandalay Footage, together with Alan Fox. David Zelon and Sandra R. Berman will likely be government producers.
From the stage facet, composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, guide author Robert Horn, and stage director Jack O’Brien are Govt Producers. Horn will write the screenplay.
In a joint assertion to Deadline, Berman, Fox and Moldo stated, “Because the early workshops, we have now been large followers of Shucked. With a hilarious guide and unbelievable music, we weren’t shocked by its success on Broadway. It is a film about neighborhood constructing, advised by way of laughter, music, and naturally corn. We’re thrilled to have the ability to be part of the unique inventive crew behind the musical and assist carry this story to audiences around the globe as a movement image on the massive display screen.”
Shucked, which was Broadway’s large shock final spring when critics fell in love with the secretly refined cornpone humor. Audiences, too, have been in on the joke, although attendance finally dwindled. The musical closed on the Nederlander Theatre yesterday after enjoying 28 previews and 327 common performances.
Nominated for eight Tony Awards, the manufacturing took house the trophy for Greatest Featured Actor/Musical for Alex Newell’s star-making flip.
Along with the movie, a North American tour will likely be launching this fall in Nashville, with introduced Australian and London productions within the works.
The unique Broadway forged album has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Greatest Musical Theater Album.
Further particulars, together with manufacturing dates and casting, weren’t instantly out there.
