“Spring” To Awaken With McG?
According to the Hollywood Reporter, director McG is in talks to bring the Broadway rock musical “Spring Awakening” to the big screen, with original book and lyrics by Evansville, Indiana native Steven Sater. McG is attached to direct and would act as a producer. Set in 19th-century Germany, the coming-of-age story follows a group of teens discovering their sexuality and dealing with high-wire topics like masturbation, abortion, rape and suicide.
Sater and rocker Duncan Sheik based the musical on an 1891 German play and their resulting work resulted in a runaway Broadway success. The tuner won Tonys for best musical, best book, best original score and best actor.
McG, who is in post on the tentpole “Terminator Salvation,” is not that odd a choice to helm a the film adaptation: The director got his start in the music business, first as a songwriter (he produced Sugar Ray’s first album and co-wrote songs on the second) then as a video director.
