These bloodsuckers can hit some excessive notes.
“The Misplaced Boys,” the cult vampire movie from the Eighties, is being was a musical. The present will function music from The Rescues and might be directed by Michael Arden, who just lately introduced the Tony Award-winning revival of “Parade” to Broadway. David Hornsby, a author on “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia,” and Chris Hoch will deal with the e-book. Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp (“Tina, The Tina Turner Musical”) will function music supervisor for the manufacturing.
Broadway and movie actors James Carpinello, Marcus Chait and Patrick Wilson will produce the present, which marks their first collaboration. The manufacturing might be mounted beneath a particular association with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
The Rescues launched their main label debut “Let Free The Horses” on Common Republic in 2010. Different work embrace 2013’s “Blah Blah Love and Warfare” and a 2017 self-titled album.
The unique 1987 movie of “The Misplaced Boys” was primarily based on a narrative by James Jeremias and Janice Roberta Fischer, and was directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Richard Donner. It follows two teenage brothers who transfer with their divorced mom to the fictional city of Santa Carla, California, solely to find that the city is a haven for vampires. The movie was launched by Warner Bros. and boasted an ensemble that included Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland and Dianne Wiest. It turned a touchstone for Reagan period teenagers, serving to to kick off a brand new wave of youth-centered horror tales like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Twilight.”
