The Beatles' songs 'are heading to the West End as smash hit film Yesterday will be....
The Beatles' impressive catalogue of music will reportedly be arriving on the West End for a brand new musical.
Richard Curtis, best known for Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral, is said to be planning to turn smash hit film Yesterday into a stage show. Alongside fellow producer Danny Boyle, he reportedly held a major event in front of potential investors including Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The duo are said to still be looking for a theatre to house their West End show as they hope to turn the 2019 film into a roaring stage success for 'years and years'. An insider told The Mirror: 'This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.'
'There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London's theatre world came along,' they added. The Beatles ' impressive catalogue of music will reportedly be arriving on the West End for a brand new musical.
Richard Curtis , best known for Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral, is said to be planning to turn smash hit film Yesterday - starring Himesh Patel - into a stage show
Richard and Danny Boyle are said to still be looking for a theatre to house their West End show as they hope to turn the 2019 film into a roaring stage success .
'It's a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it.' Richard, 68, wrote the script for the comedy/musical film while Danny served as director, and they are teaming up once again to bring their project back to life.
In the movie, Himesh Patel took on the leading role of Jack Malik, a struggling musician who wakes up after being hit by a bus to discover nobody has ever heard of The Beatles. He decides to start singing The Fab Four's famous back catalogue in a bid to find fame as he is supported by his love interest Ellie Appleton, played by Lily James.
If the film makes it to the stage, it will not be the first time that music from a world-famous band has inspired a musical.
Source: dailymail.co.uk/Kate Dennett
