John Waters is
working on a follow-up to the film musical version of
Hairspray, Variety reported Thursday. Waters is
planning to partner up with producer team Neil Meron and
Craig Zadan, director and choreographer Adam Shankman,
and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
The story is to
continue in Baltimore in 1962, following the Turnblad
family.
"I never thought
of musicals as franchises, but it certainly worked
with High School Musical, and the idea of
working with that cast again, and creating new material and
music, is a dream come true," Shankman told
Variety. "John [Waters] has such an original
and extraordinary voice; we all can't wait to
see what he has come up with."
A cast has yet to
be announced as none of the stars in the 2007 summer
hit had sequel options in their contracts. The film is
expected to be on screens by summer 2010. (The
Advocate)