Rob Marshall is not letting go of musicals just yet as he is set to direct the feature film version of the stage hit Nine for The Weinstein Co. Marshall last directed Memoirs of a Geisha, but before that scored big with the musical Chicago, which one six Oscars in 2003.
The musical, Nine, was inspired by the Federico Fellini film 8½ and focused on a film director stuck in neutral as he tries to make a film while haunted by the demands of all the women in his life, including a wife, mistress and even his deceased mother.
Marshall said he’d like to lock in his leading man and actresses early, and custom fit the script to them.
The director seems keen on making the film a success with casting being a big emphasis as he told Variety, “Casting will be a big issue here, and if commitments complicates things, it will be 2009.
