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[dshnookie]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 4:38am

JUST call him BONO LLOYD WEBBER. Rock superstars U2 have revealed their Spiderman musical will be ready to hit Broadway this year.
Bono and EDGE have been working with director JULIE TAYMOR — who won a Tony for her work on The Lion King — and scriptwriter GLENN BERGER.

Speaking for the first time about the project, guitar lord The Edge has revealed: “It is happening. We’ve written a lot of the songs at this point.

“It’s in a pretty good state, and I hope it’ll open this year. We’re not sure where in the world, but most likely it will be in New York.”

He told Q Magazine he and pal Bono have always hoped to write a musical and have also been involved in the show’s plot and dialogue.

He said: “The overall story was really Julie working with Glenn, and Bono and myself riding shotgun with the odd idea here and there — as they do for the songs.”

The Axeman also revealed the show won’t have a full orchestra, just up to 20 musicians — string players, brass, some woodwind. He added: “The core will be a rock ’n’ roll band.”


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2102934.ece

[heo1128]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 4:39am

Gross

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 5:03am

This will be interesting.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 5:46am

Oh, Christ, Taymour is responsible for the story?

God.

I hope Marvel gets some sort of final approval over this or something.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:14am

This better not be as messy as Spider-Man 3.

"Hey Sam Raimi, how are we gonna make Venom happen?"
"Let's have the alien symbiote fall from the sky...but not explain it...at all. Hell, let's have Peter Parker dance down the street like a douche, demand cookies from that weird Russian landlord's daughter from the last movie, and beat up on Mary Jane to show he's evil!"
"Okay..."
"And let's throw in Sandman, too! Yes! Except in this version, he's Uncle Ben's true murderer! And he turns into Sandman...by slipping and falling into a magical unmanned radioactive sand experiment pit!"
"Alright, who gives a crap. This movie will break $500 million opening day no matter what we do."

[LotteTBS138]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 10:22am

>>I hope Marvel gets some sort of final approval over this or something. <<

Oh yes, them and whoever has the film credits argued for quite a while whether to include the "-" or not.

Did that writer list those two has "BONO LLOYD WEBBER" as a compliment or bash?