Universal Pictures has remade Mel Brooks’ comedy and musical classic “The Producers.” It will see limited release in theaters on Dec. 16 and will be released everywhere Christmas Day.
This movie will be staring Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock, a washed-up Broadway producer who seduces little old ladies to fund his plays, and Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom, a meek accountant.
This movie will also feature Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind, the neo-Nazi playwright, and Uma Thurman as Ulla, the Swedish receptionist. Susan Stroman, the director of the Broadway production of “The Producers,” is also the director of this movie. Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan wrote the movie based on their original stage play.
The original version of “The Producers” premiered in 1968 and stared Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as Bialystock and Bloom respectively. It won several awards, including three Oscars and a Golden Globe. It was later made into a Broadway musical, which also won about a dozen Tony awards.
“The Producers” follows the scheme of Bialystock and Bloom, who attempt to make money by producing a Broadway flop. They find this flop in “Springtime for Hitler,” written by a neo-Nazi seeking to “clear the fuhrer’s name.” After getting the worst director and supposedly the worst lead as Hitler, the flop is complete; however, something goes “wrong.”
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