Popular Musicals "Evil" and "Jersey Guys" will be films

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Favro has long been considered the favorite to the director of the "Guys from Jersey" directed, but the candidacy of Doldry became a surprise. Producer Universal Mark Platt met with directors since last year, because This project was considered very prestigious for a long time. "Evil" - the "wizard from Oz" prequel, is based on the Roman Gregory Magivir "Witch. Life and times of Western Watzeny from Oz. " In the center of Romana, a long-standing friendship between the good magician with a hand and green-skinned beauty Elfaba before she stopped flying on a broom. Initially, the "evil" wondered as a film, but then the producers changed their mind and decided to put it on stage. The performance immediately began to enjoy great success among the public, quickly paid off his 14 million budget and became one of the cash musicals of all time. Universal believes that the "evil" can repeat the success of the Mamma Mia! ", Which has become one of the most cash projects of the studio.

Didnight recently removed "terribly loudly closely close, and before that -" readers "and" clock ". For the production of the "visit of the inspector", Doldri received the Tony Prize. Favro removed the two parts of the "iron man" before removing the "cowboys against the aliens", and now returns to the topic of male friendship, which is permeated by his early work "Partners". John Logan wrote the latest version of the script: "Jersey's guys: the story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, after the authors of the book Marshall Brikman and Rick Alice wrote a script. This project has become a priority since was purchased by GK Films. GK spent millions to get a project that all studios hunted. It is assumed that the picture will be sketched together with Columbia Pictures. Columbia will be engaged in its international distribution. The musical tells the story of how four guys from blue collar (ordinary workers) turned into a well-known American pop team. Until the thirtieth anniversary, they were able to sell more than 175 million of their records. From his discovery on Broadway in 2005, the production gathered more than a billion dollars. She received four Toni awards, including the "best musical", and the album with the hits of the musical won the Grammy.

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