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Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (“Aladdin”) are producing
Beatrice Verhoeven | April 22, 2021 @ 3:23 PM
Disney has picked up the rights to the 2005 Broadway musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and will adapt it into a live-action film, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the 2019 live-action “Aladdin” for the studio, will produce via their Rideback banner. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will executive produce.
The musical follows several competitors competing in a spelling bee. Composer William Finn’s musical opened on Broadway in 2005 and earned six Tony nominations while winning two: for Rachel Sheinkin’s book and for Dan Fogler’s featured performance. The show, which also included a pre-“Modern Family” Jesse Tyler Ferguson in its original cast, played for nearly three years and 1,100-plus performances on Broadway.
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in a sentence? Disney can the studio is developing a live-action feature film adaptation of the hit Tony-winning Broadway musical with the producers of the live-action
Aladdin remake set to produce.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is closing a deal to acquire the rights to the acclaimed Broadway show
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to develop it into a live-action movie adaptation.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced Disney’s live-action
Aladdin remake to billion-dollar box office success, are producing
Spelling Bee via their Rideback banner. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin, who appeared in a college production of the show and helped chase the rights, will executive produce.