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Pharrell is definitely winning these days. He will soon have his life adapted into a musical for FOX.
The project, which will be helmed by Broadway director Michael Mayer, reunites the studio with Williams, who produced the hit ‘Hidden Figures.’
Fox has won a hot pitch for a musical inspired by Pharrell Williams.
The project, called Atlantis, is a musical that is being described as a Romeo and Juliet style story (with a music element) inspired by Williams’ childhood in Virginia Beach, Va.
Producer Gil Netter and Williams took the pitch out to the studios a few weeks ago, engendering simmering interest as studios watched Lionsgate enjoy massive success with La La Land and coveted their own musical number. Fox finally nabbed it last week.
Michael Mayer, known for his Broadway work on Spring Awakening, for which he won a Tony Award, and American Idiot, is attached to direct. Martin Hynes, who is currently penning Toy Story 4, is attached to write Atlantis. READ MORE
