Andrew Lloyd Webber just bought the rights to the 2003 comedy starring Jack Black. It could be awesome?
Andrew Lloyd Webber – who brought us Broadway classics like The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, and, erm, Cats (...) – is going to be producing a stage version of the hit 2003 flick.
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In an interview with CBC Radio last week, Webber disclosed his plans to bring the group of rockin' kids to the Broadway stage.
He told host Jian Ghomeshi:
"Another thing that I've just got the rights to that I am very excited about – there may be songs for me in it, but it's obviously got songs in it as it stands – is that movie School Of Rock."
"I will go from Stephen Ward, which is really going to be sort of a chamber musical, to a musical about kids playing the guitar," Webber said.
If he pulls it off right, this could be a really great musical – a more amped-up version of Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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The film – which came out TEN years ago – is definitely different than anything Webber has done.
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