Fighting with My Family is headed from the squared circle to the stage. The 2019 pro wrestling biopic is being adapted as a musical, with the film’s writer-director Stephen Merchant and co-star Dwayne Johnson onboard as producers.
Tilted Musicals with collaborating with Merchant, Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions, Kevin Misher and Birmingham Hippodrome to develop the show with book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winning playwright Jon Brittain. The tunes will come from Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler.
“When we were making the film, I always thought of it like a musical: a young woman from the ‘chorus line’ fighting to get her big break, surrounded by theatrical, larger-than-life characters and huge sweeping emotions,” Merchant said. “I approached each wrestling match like it was a different dance number, building to a big show-stopping finale. Seeing the film reimagined for the stage feels like the natural next step.
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