Will Todd Graff Direct New Damn Yankees Film?
Todd Graff, who wrote and directed the 2003 film "Camp," will likely direct a new film based on the classic Broadway musical Damn Yankees, according to Deadline.com.
No official announcement has been made about Graff, who also directed "Bandslam" and appeared on Broadway in Baby.
Variety reported in February 2009 that the classic Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical was heading back to the silver screen. The industry paper stated that Craig Zadan and Neil Meron - the famed producing team behind the Oscar-winning film of Chicago, the acclaimed movie of Hairspray and the recent TV film "A Raisin in the Sun" - will produce the film for New Line Cinema.
Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel will pen the script.
The cast will be headed by film stars Jim Carrey as the Devil and Jake Gyllenhaal as Joe Boyd. The role of Lola has yet to be cast.
The film will attempt to inject a contemporary feel into the 1950s musical, according to the trade paper.
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