Famed director seeks to work with Tom Cruise in musical
Updated: 2015-04-30 07:26
By Agence France Presse In Los Angeles(China Daily USA)
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Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius may take the helm of a comedy-musical featuring Tom Cruise titled Bob the Musical.
The Frenchman revealed he was under consideration for the job at a film festival in Los Angeles.
"It is an amazing, wonderful idea," Hazanavicius says about the possibility of doing the film.
The director, who won an Oscar for The Artist, spoke at the Colcoa French film festival and says that he hopes to be involved in the project.
Bob the Musical is a Disney film about a man who sees his life turned into musical theater after receiving a blow to the head, according to Hollywood magazine The Wrap.
Hazanavicius says the film's director and cast are still under discussion.
The director of the OSS 117 series featuring actor Jean Dujardin also hinted that there could be a third installment of his politically-incorrect spy comedy.
"I need to have a strong desire and good idea," Hazanavicius says about the series that parodies secret agent James Bond with a sexist, racist and dim-witted central character.
"Just to make money that would be the worst thing to do."
Hazanavicius says the satire in his film has taken on a political tone with the rise of the "extreme right" in France.
"Now in France this kind of irony is everywhere," he says.
"And I'm not sure irony is the best answer."
(China Daily USA 04/30/2015 page9)
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