Bill Condon to direct new film adaptation of GUYS AND DOLLS
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Oscar-winning screenwriter and one of Hollywood’s most popular stage-to-screen filmmakers is to embark on another Broadway project. Bill Condon will direct a new film adaptation of Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows’ 1950 musical, Guys and Dolls, for TriStar Pictures.
Deadline reported on 7 July that Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi will oversee Guys and Dolls for TriStar, along with previously announced producers John Goldwyn and Marc Toberoff. Casting and a timeline will be announced at a later date but it is exciting news for this musical.
Guys and Dolls is a musical that follows a fly-by-night gambler who attempts to woo a Salvation Army missioner for a $1,000 bet. Meanwhile, a beleaguered showgirl tries to hook her fiancé of 14 years, the founder of "the oldest, established, permanent, floating crap game in New York." The musical which features a score by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows has been revived on Broadway three times since its 1950 premiere.
This show will be in the safe hands of Condon who has brought to life musicals Chicago and Dreamgirls on screen over the years. More recently, he was behind the camera for Beauty and the Beast as director and The Greatest Showman as co-writer.
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