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Spider-Man Musical Looking for Home

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Because it's such a quirky venture that every twist and turn deserves to be mentioned: Source.

Entertainment reporters from the New York Daily News and The National Ledger are reporting that makers of the Spider-Man musical are looking for a “huge theater” in which to house the production. Reporters talked to Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor of Lion King fame at the premier of her new film Across the Universe. Taymor is making the Spider-Man musical with musicians Bono and The Edge from the rock band U2.

Says Taymor in the National Ledger report:

“I’m very proud of the songs that Bono and Edge wrote. It’s a real rock-and-roll musical, so we’re not worried about that aspect. We just have to find where we’re going to do it– even if we have to do it in a tent, which we’re looking into – and when. It’ll at least be a year away.”

This news comes on top of the story that has been circulating that Marilyn Manson requested a role in the Spider-Man musical because he’s such a fan of the web-slinger. “Marilyn just asked me if he could have a part in Spider-Man. The funny thing is, he really liked the music on my new movie,” Taymor said, according to a report from Bang (via stuff.co.nz).

As Newsarama cited in April from a Playbill report, the musical was scheduled for a reading back in July to determine whether it was worth staging anywhere – particularly if it was worth staging in New York. This latest news about the search for a New York home seems to indicate it’s been deemed worthy of a spot on Broadway. But let’s hope Taymor was just joking about the tent.
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That's just hilarious.
 
Wouldn't it be just the weirdest thing if this was actually great?

They made a good musical out of LotR afterall....
 
I don't think ANYONE'S expecting this to be good. They're just not wanting it to be a bigger joke than it already is (not like it's the first comic-based musical). But it's certainly not like this is going to tarnish the comics industry, or the movie-aspect. So it's either good, and another feather in the cap of Marvel (and, really, all comic fans by extension) or it's a big failure and everyone gets a good joke out of it (not like ANYONE in the comics industry is actually tied to this).

Nothing like a gamble with low risks.
 
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