Batman: The Musical is coming to Broadway! The director of the 1989 and 1992 film versions, Tim Burton, will helm Warner Brothers’ multimillion-dollar theatre extravaganza. According to The New York Post, the studio sealed the deal last week, after Burton had several meetings with author David Ives and composer Jim Steinman. Steinman said, “We’re...
Hollywood oddball Tim Burton’s latest project is a musical version of Batman. Honestly. Burton, who directed Batman and Batman Returns, has joined up with Jim Steinman, who will write the music for the show. In a recent interview, Steinman said that Burton had ‘a list of 20 designers from all over the world he...
Tim Burton is set to take the directing reigns on the latest Batman. But this isn’t the next movie in the franchise. It’s “Batman: The Musical” an off-Broadway musical that the quirky director is keen to take on according to the NY Post. Warner Bros. has been courting Burton for the job for over...
It’s been reported that Tim Burton is to go back to the Batcave and direct a musical version of Batman. The news was revealed by composer Jim Steinman, who rather aptly penned the Meatloaf hit, Bat Out Of Hell. Speaking to the NY Post website, he said Burton “has already got a list of...
HOLY Broadway!”Batman: The Musical” has finally landed a director – Tim Burton.Warner Brothers, which is producing the multimillion-dollar musical, has been courting Burton, who directed the 1989 “Batman” movie as well as the 1992 sequel “Batman Returns,” for over a year. The studio sealed the deal last week, theater sources say, after Burton had...
Tim Burton, who directed the films Batman and Batman Returns, is now attached to the Broadway-bound Batman: The Musical. The tuner is planning a 2004 out of town tryout in hopes of reaching the Great White Way in 2005, according to The New York Post. “We’re thrilled he’s going to do it,” composer Jim...
For the director of the new musical version of Batman, the show’s producers have turned to the man who turned the comic strip character into a film franchise in the first place: Tim Burton. So reported the New York Post Aug. 30. Burton will be working with composer Jim Steinman and librettist David Ives,...
