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08-17-2006, 08:58 AM
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Walken to Play the Dad in Hairspray
Source: Variety August 17, 2006
Variety reports that Christopher Walken, and not the previously-announced Jim Broadbent, will play Wilbur Turnblad in the Adam Shankman-directed Hairspray at New Line Cinema.
Walken joins John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Zac Efron and newcomer Nikki Blonsky in the cast.
Leslie Dixon wrote the script, and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron produce. Shooting starts next month in Toronto, and the studio has accelerated the release to summer 2007.
Lyricist-composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the Tony-winning tandem that wrote the "Hairspray" score, are penning several new tunes for the movie, with Shankman choreographing.
Walken to Play the Dad in Hairspray
Source: Variety August 17, 2006
Variety reports that Christopher Walken, and not the previously-announced Jim Broadbent, will play Wilbur Turnblad in the Adam Shankman-directed Hairspray at New Line Cinema.
Walken joins John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Zac Efron and newcomer Nikki Blonsky in the cast.
Leslie Dixon wrote the script, and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron produce. Shooting starts next month in Toronto, and the studio has accelerated the release to summer 2007.
Lyricist-composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the Tony-winning tandem that wrote the "Hairspray" score, are penning several new tunes for the movie, with Shankman choreographing.