Black Panther director Ryan Coogler will produce an as-yet-untitled musical film based on the song catalog of Prince.
. The Proximity Media project has been in development since 2018 and will be released by Universal Pictures.
The script was written by Bryan Edward Hill. It will be produced by Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, and Universal Music Publishing Group head Jody Gerson. Proximity’s Rebecca Cho will executive produce. No further details have been released about the film, the first of its type featuring Prince’s music. The artist, who died in 2016 at the age of 57, starred in the iconic 1984 musical, which won the Academy Award for best original song. He also contributed the theme song to the 1989 filmis headed to the stage in musical form as well, with Pulitzer Prize nominee Branden Jacobs-Jenkins writing and Lileana Blain-Cruz directing.
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