There have been a lot of interesting Broadway adaptations recently -- raise your arm cast if you've seen "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" -- but perhaps none have been quite so interesting as this: "Big Fish" is coming to the big stage.
That's right: as reported by Movieline, Tim Burton's 2003 cult classic adaptation of author Daniel Wallace's novel "Big Fish" is itself now being adapted for Broadway by the film's screenwriter John August.
Talk about making a splash.
In fact, the awesome news gets even awesomer for fans of "Big Fish," because August revealed on his blog that not only are they working on the stage version of "Big Fish," he and Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman have actually already finished writing it. And since songwriter Andrew Lippa has also finished the songs, that means fans could be watching it up on stage as early as next spring.
"This isn't one of those announcements where some people had lunch and said, 'Hey, maybe let’s try to do a show,' August said. "It's written. Two acts. Amazing songs. We’ve read it and sung it forty times for lots of different people.
"Studious readers of the blog and my Twitter feed may have noticed I've been in New York City a lot," he added. "This is why. I've had to pass on writing and directing jobs because I'm unavailable — but couldn’t explain why. This is why."
"Big Fish" on the biggest stage in the world? We have a feeling that John August is about to become a very big fish in a very big pond indeed.