‘Shucked’ Film Adaptation In Development With Mandalay Pictures And ‘Air’ Duo Producing
15.01.2024 - 17:53
/ deadline.com
UPDATE, with Mandalay statement: A feature film adaptation of Shucked, the corny (that’s a compliment) pun-filled Broadway musical comedy, is in development, with Mandalay Pictures on board to produce.
Shucked producer Mike Bosner made the announcement last night during the curtain call of Shucked‘s final performance, saying, “We’re all a little sad to say goodbye to this, but there’s some good news. We don’t have to say goodbye just yet, because we will be making a feature film of Shucked.”
Watch video of the announcement below.
Mandalay president and Air producer Jason Michael Berman and Jordan Moldo are on board as producers on behalf of Mandalay Pictures, along with Alan Fox. David Zelon and Sandra R. Berman will be executive producers.
From the stage side, composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, book writer Robert Horn, stage director Jack O’Brien are Executive Producers. Horn will write the screenplay.
In a joint statement to Deadline, Berman, Fox and Moldo said, “Since the early workshops, we have been huge fans of Shucked. With a hilarious book and incredible music, we weren’t surprised by its success on Broadway. This is a movie about community building, told through laughter, music, and of course corn. We are thrilled to be able to join the original creative team behind the musical and help bring this story to audiences around the world as a motion picture on the big screen.”
Shucked, which was Broadway’s big surprise last spring when critics fell in love with the secretly sophisticated cornpone humor. Audiences, too, were in on the joke, though attendance eventually dwindled. The musical closed at the Nederlander Theatre yesterday after playing 28 previews and 327 regular performances.
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