The new film comes at a strange time for musicals. We just know that the project exists, that it’s going to be more in keeping with the classic horror roots than the Broadway and West End musical hit (which in turn was adapted for the screen by the late director Joel Schumacher). Harvey Mason Jr and John Legend are going to be working on the movie, that thus far doesn’t have a director or casting attached. It’s part of its range of films digging into its classic horror movies that laid the foundations for the studio, and notably the silent 1925 Lon Chaney-headlined telling of the story scored it a sizeable hit. Instead, this one was a script by John Fusco that drew Universal’s attention, resetting the story to New Orleans, and going by the name of Phantom. But it’s not the same musical take that brought huge success to musicals impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber. Universal has snapped up a new project, that will see it funding a new musical take on Phantom Of The Opera.
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