The Stage is Set for a Scintillating Hitchcock Adaptation
Deadline’s Mike Fleming was one of the first this morning to the news that after many years of failed attempts, Broadway adaptation rights for Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window have finally been secured. The lucky winning bidders are director Jay Russell and producer Charlie Lyons, whose previous film collaborations include Ladder 49 and The Water Horse.
In recent years, there have been various pick-ups on the 1954 classic. Shia Labeouf fronted 2007’s Disturbia, which was later challenged in court by the estate controlling the rights to Rear Window (the plaintiffs lost).
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