November 24, 2011

Producer Graham King Updates Collider.com about the Film Adaptation of Jersey Boys!

November 24th, 2011

(JB mentions: :056; 4:27)

Collider.com has a marvelous interview with producer Graham King who gives an update about his adaptation of the blockbuster Broadway musical JERSEY BOYS! That script is in development, and while there will be some changes in the translation from stage to screen, according to King, the “DNA of the movie is going to be the same.”

Collider.com: I definitely have to ask you about Jersey Boys, because hugely popular. Massively popular. Where are you in terms of moving forward where that will be in front of the cameras?

KING: Well, again, we’re hoping to be shooting this time next year. No director yet set, but we’re getting the script written right now. When you transform a stage play to the big screen, it’s never that easy because, obviously, the differences of telling the story and the characters. This one, again—it’s such a, like you say, hugely popular show. And there’s much more to these guys’ lives then, obviously, what’s in the show. So it’s bringing that out, and getting all the resource material together to make a movie based on Jersey Boys. The DNA is going to be the same. The DNA of the movie is going to be the same. But you’ve gotta get drama within those characters.

1 Comment »

  1. I think the most EFFECTIVE FILM WOULD BE TO SHOOT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OFF THE LIVE STAGE PRESENTATION. THAT’S WHERE THE ENERGY IS AND A GREAT DIRECTOR CAN CAPTURE THAT

    Comment by Sheila — April 18, 2012 @ 1:48 am

RSS feed for comments on this post. | TrackBack URI

Please leave a comment