Christopher Ashley will direct a remake of the 1988 musical, a farce about an English bachelor who inherits a fortune and must take his uncle’s corpse around Europe to get his hands on the money.
Alexander, Nikki M James and British newcomer Dominic Marsh are on board to star.
New Oz Productions’ Victor Syrmis and Branded Pictures Entertainment’s J Todd Harris produce and the shoot is scheduled for mid-June in Southern California.
Protagonist Pictures has landed a slew of deals on the drama from Bafta-winning UK director Philippa Lowthorpe.
”The UK has some of the best talents in the world. You just need people like us to fund it.”
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Production is set to commence in Los Angeles in October.
Marshall made a string of hits in the eighties and nineties, including A League Of Their Own.
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