Greg Berlanti, the
co-creator of Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and
upcoming Riverdale on The CW, is set to helm a revamped version of Little Shop
of Horrors from a script by writer/director Matthew Robinson ("The
Invention of Lying").
The musical will be a
"fresh take" on the famous story, which tells of a clumsy dentist who
inadvertently raises a sentient carnivorous plant who forces him to kill people
in order to eat.
In 1960, Roger Corman
directed the first The Little Shop of Horrors with a young Jack Nicholson in a
memorable if short role as a dental patient seeking pain relief. In 1982,
Howard Ashman staged an off-Broadway play with Alan Menken composing the music. In 1986, Ashman returned to the world of dentists and carnivorous
plants with a screenplay for Frank Oz's turn at directing Little Shop, which starred
Rick Moranis, Ellen Green, Steve Martin, Christopher Guest, Jim Belushi, John
Candy, and Bill Murray.
The last time
Berlanti picked up a camera to direct a feature film was in 2010 with Life as
We Know It, a romantic comedy starring Josh Duhamel, Katherine Heigl, Josh
Lucas, and Christina Hendricks.
Source - Deadline
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