GOSSIP: Jamie Lloyd departs Back To The Future musical due to "amicable creative differences"

According to Baz Bamigboye, Jamie Lloyd will no longer direct the musical adaptation of Back to the Future. This is apparently due to "amicable creative differences". 

The journalist suggests that Bob Gale, who wrote the 1985 film and its two sequels, will write his own Back To the Future musical script and then seek a director.

First workshops of the new show were due to be staged shortly with Roger Bart as Doc Brown, but now the production has apparently been pushed back to 2016.

GOSSIP: White Christmas for Dominion; Motown or Back To The Future set to follow

The Daily Mail has revealed that White Christmas will have a run over the festive season at the Dominion Theatre, following the closure of We Will Rock You.

The musical, which has toured extensively, could be followed by Motown. However, Baz Bamigboye claims the Dominion could hold out for the stage adaptation of Back To The Future.

GOSSIP: Motown The Musical to open at the Dominion Theatre?

Following this morning's announcement that We Will Rock You will end its 12 year run at the Dominion Theatre on 31st May, The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has suggested that Motown The Musical will open at the theatre later this year or in early 2015.

Writing on Twitter, Baz said: "Motown The Musical will replace We Will Rock You at the Dominion late this year or early in 2015. Producers from Motown show looked around Dominion last year but waited for We Will Rock You to announce closing notice which it did Monday. Motown will have to sort out its book co-written by Berry Gordy before it heads to the Dominion."

CONFIRMED: We Will Rock You to close after 12 incredible years

Having rocked over 6.5 million people in a record-breaking 12 years at the Dominion Theatre, Queen & Ben Elton's musical We Will Rock You will close on 31st May 2014.

Now the longest running show ever at the Dominion by a margin of nine years, the show takes its rightful place in West End history, sitting proudly in the Top 10 longest running musicals of all time. The show has now been performed in 28 countries around the globe, and has been seen by a more than 16 million people.

From its opening night at the Dominion on 14th May 2002, We Will Rock You quickly became the overwhelming people’s choice of musical in the UK and overseas. In its second year at the Dominion it won top honours in five categories in the Theatregoers Choice awards presented by WhatsOnStage, including Best New Musical. In 2011, nine years after the curtain first went up, the show won the prestigious Olivier Audience Award, the only category voted for entirely by the public. The show went on to win a number of international awards for productions around the globe.

Confirmed: Back To The Future for stage adaptation; Meet The Creative Team!

It has been confirmed that Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are working with Universal Stage Productions (Wicked and Billy Elliot), London-based producer Colin Ingram (Ghost – The Musical) and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to develop a stage musical version of their film Back to the Future. 

It will be produced with Donovan Mannato and CJ E&M. The new musical will have a book by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale and Jamie Lloyd, and new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, with additional music from the film by Huey Lewis & The News, Chuck Berry, Pat Ballard and Curtis Williams, including ‘The Power of Love’ and ‘Johnny B. Goode’. 

Jamie Lloyd to direct West End musical adaptation of Back to the Future

A musical based on Back to the Future is set to open in the West End next year, the 30th anniversary of the original film's release. The director and the writer of the 1985 movie and its two sequels, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, are behind the project alongside director Jamie Lloyd and producer Colin Ingram.

Jamie Lloyd has also been helping to shape the show and will direct two workshops: the first in Los Angeles in July, for producers at Universal Stage Productions and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment; and a second in London in August, for Ingram’s London colleagues and theatre owners.