Nathan Lane floats Jack Black for a PRODUCERS revival... bonkers or brilliant?

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Nathan Lane floats Jack Black for a PRODUCERS revival... bonkers or brilliant?#1

Posted: 5/17/26 at 8:29am

Nathan Lane went on the record with Deadline saying the ONLY person he can imagine playing Max Bialystock in a new revival is Jack Black:
https://deadline.com/2026/05/nathan-lane-wants-jack-black-producers-broadway-revival-1236907231/

My first reaction was "huh?" but the more I sit with it, the more I see it. Black has the showman muscle, the comic timing, and the singing chops (SCHOOL OF ROCK was not nothing). And in a post-Mel Brooks landscape, you do need a Max who can play big and broad without winking.

The harder question: who plays Leo? You can't cast Max without nailing Bloom. Andrew Rannells? Gideon Glick? Somebody weirder? And does THE PRODUCERS even land in 2026 the way it did in 2001? A few of the gags would need an honest pass.