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Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' headed for Broadway
Miramax films and Casablanca Records president Tommy Mottola have acquired the rights to develop and produce a Broadway musical based on Pink Floyd 's 1979 double album, "The Wall."
According to a press release, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters will write the show's script, and will arrange and orchestrate music for the stage production. The album, which spawned a feature film of the same name in 1982, features hits including "Comfortably Numb," "Hey You" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"
"The Wall" is a semi-autobiographical concept album that follows the descent of a neurotic rock star into madness, and--with more than 23 million copies sold--is the third best-selling album of all time.
"Now I can write in some laughs, notable by their absence in the movie," Waters said in a statement.
A target opening date for the production hasn't been announced.
