Universal Pictures has nabbed spec script “Phantom,” a reimagined musical take on “Phantom of the Opera” set in New Orleans, with EGOT recipient and award-winning producer John Legend, Emmy and Grammy nominated producer Harvey Mason Jr.
and Emmy and Tony Award-winning producer Mike Jackson attached to produce, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.The spec script was written by John Fusco (“The Highwayman”).Mason Jr.
will produce for his Harvey Mason Media banner. Legend and Jackson will produce on behalf of Get Lifted Film Co., with Ty Stiklorius executive producing.The original “Phantom of the Opera” was written by Gaston Leroux in 1910 and was made into a silent horror film at Universal starring Lon Chaney in 1925..
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