Princess Bride Begin Again From the Beginning

THE PRINCESS BRIDE, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, 1987. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. A

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It's even so in the early stages, only The Princess Helpmate may soon come to the phase.

Disney Theatrical Productions has brought on a trio of Broadway alums—two of whom avowal Tony Awards—to pen a musical adaptation of the dearest story. David Yazbek (The Ring's Visit, the upcoming Tootsie) will write the score, while Bob Martin (The Prom) and Rick Elice (Bailiwick of jersey Boys) will handle the book.

There accept been previous efforts to bring The Princess Helpmate to the stage, simply none take quite come together. William Goldman, the writer behind both the original volume and the 1987 movie accommodation, was at 1 time working with Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza, To Kill a Mockingbird) on a Princess Helpmate musical, merely their collaboration fell apart in 2007. Goldman has since passed away, in Nov of 2018.

Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in The Princess Bride (1987). 
Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in The Princess Bride (1987).

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Still, Disney's hopes of a Princess Helpmate musical haven't faded. In 2013, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn—who was involved in the screen adaptation—reaffirmed his desire to realize the show. "My involvement in The Princess Bride goes dorsum to 1987 and it has ever been close to my heart," Horn said, per the Hollywood Reporter. "For all those years and a few more than, I've been friends with the brilliant Bill Goldman, and to now have a phase production of this picture show in evolution at Disney is honestly a dream come truthful."

With a powerful executive's bankroll, bringing Princess Bride to the phase may exist a little less... inconceivable.

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