Tuner team toying with U’s monster.
Daily Variety, June, 2009 by Fleming, Michael
Universal Pictures has made a big-bucks deal to acquire an untitled Mattel toy property for a live-action musical film to be produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. The duo will reunite with the “Hairspray” team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Shaiman and Wittman are in talks to write an original score for the musical.
Mattel has become aggressive about developing its intellectual properties for film and TV, but this effort marks the first time the toy-maker has made a deal for a property it has yet to launch, or even publicly disclose. Mattel would not reveal the name of the toy line or when it will launch, saying only that the property aspires to add a fresh twist to monster lore