GOSSIP: Pretty Woman musical to open on Broadway in 2017 directed by Jerry Mitchell?

Speaking to Vanity Fair, director Garry Marshall has suggested a musical version of his romantic comedy Pretty Woman could open on Broadway in "the fall or spring of 2017". 

Marshall and his creative team are apparently honing their material for the long-rumoured musical. 

Marshall is adapting Pretty Woman for the stage with J.F. Lawton who is the author of the original screenplay. The score is by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. Kinky Boots' Jerry Mitchell will reportedly direct the musical. 

GOSSIP: Pretty Woman the Musical is "a year away"

Garry Marshall has revealed that Pretty Woman the Musical is "a year away" and that Disney are producing the production which is likely to find its way to Broadway.

Speaking to deadline.com, the American actor/director/writer/producer said: "The producer is Paula Wagner, who’s a Broadway gal, and we’re putting it all together. It’s a year away but Disney’s behind it. After 24 years. In the old days nobody figured that a movie could become a play, so in the ’80s they gave writers theatrical rights, a piece, you can’t get near that. [Pretty Woman screenplay author] J.F. Lawton owns half and Disney owns half. He wanted to write an opera where everybody dies and Disney wanted to make the Julia Roberts part amodel…