Et sur le site du metteur en scène de la comédie musicale http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_fl ... 01346.html :
Lien vers l'interview de 3 pages du monsieur : http://movies.about.com/od/directorinte ... 2305_3.htmI read that you’ll be directing “Bat Boy.” What the status of that film?
“That’s very much in the works. We’re fighting over the rating right now. Did you ever see ‘Bat Boy?’”
No…
“Oh, it’s wonderful. It’s really good. It was done off-Broadway and then in the West End in London. The British production was actually better (laughing). But it’s a wonderful show. It’s very dark. It’s very funny. It’s a real horror show but it’s also very funny and quite romantic and ultimately it’s a Greek Tragedy. It’s wacky and unlike anything else, which is what attracts me to it.”
And you want an R rating?
“Well I don’t want it. I don’t want an R rating. It’s just that I’m afraid that in order to guarantee a PG, we would have to water it down in ways I think are… Artistically, I just think it’s a bad idea. We’ll see. Who knows? But I’m waiting to get the money for that. We’re in the process of budgeting it now.
That’s a very exciting movie. I would love to do that. That’s one of those movies that… you talk about ‘American Werewolf in London’ – I wrote that in 1969. I made it in 1981 because of ‘Animal House’ and ‘Blues Brothers’ and ‘Kentucky Fried Movie’ being so successful I got to finally make it. [‘Bat Boy’] is one of those movies where I know if they’d let me make it, I know it would be very successful – just like ‘Werewolf.’ But people have difficulty wrapping their brains around it because it’s so different.“
John Landis to direct "Bat Boy: The Musical" movie
Well, Harry at Ain't It Cool News has the scoop, so I guess it can't hurt to reveal the info here on this little weblog.
John Landis has been hired to direct the movie version of Bat Boy: The Musical. Naturally, we're all thrilled to death. We've been talking with him over the past two weeks, and he has great ideas for turning this musical into a movie. Larry, Keythe and I will be writing the screenplay. Because I really don't have enough to do.
The Landis news was announced on stage last night after the 100th performance of Bat Boy at the Shaftesbury Theater in London. The producers of that show--Michael Alden and Kevin Schon--will be producing the movie. They're good guys. I recommend them for all your producing needs.
