Tom Cruise Circles 'Bob the Musical' Alongside Oscar Winning Director
Tom Cruise is reportedly circling the title role in Bob the Musical, a Disney comedy about a guy whose life turns into a musical after he receives a blow to his head.
The Wrap reports that Disney has been eyeing Cruise for a few months, but he isn’t officially attached just yet. A couple of years ago Cruise played rock star Stacee Jaxx in the big-screen adaptation of the stage production Rock of Ages, but apart from that role, hasn't done much in regards musical performing in his career.
Bob the Musical has been in development for over a decade. Mike Bender wrote an early draft of the script that Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages) was going to direct, but it lead to nothing. Then, Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz wrote a script for director Mark Waters (Mean Girls), but again, it lead to nothing. Then, Matt Fogel wrote a screenplay intended for Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but they dropped out a while back to work on other projects, but Bob The Musical continued to stay in development. Now, Allan Loeb (also from Rock of Ages) has signed up to write a new draft for the script for Oscar winning director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) to direct. It is also worth mentioning that composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez have also signed up to the project. They're responsible for writing the music and lyrics to the songs in Disney's Frozen.
