Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off-Broadway musical-comedy Zombie Prom, Variety writes.
Zombie Prom, written by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe, originated as an Off-Broadway musical-comedy in the early 1990s as a homage to the musicals and films of the 1950’s, telling the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee who falls in love with him. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie.
The feature film adaptation will be written by Vince Marcello and Mark Landry, and will be directed by Marcello.
Roth is producing through his MJR Films and Longi via Longitude Entertainment. Kirk Hunter is executive producing and Vicki Palatas will co-produce.
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