'Dear Evan Hansen' Movie in the Works, Ben Platt May Star
Tony-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen" may be making the leap to the big screen very soon: Producers are currently working on adapting the hit show, potentially with its original star reprising his role.
The Greatest Showman" (for which they earned another Best Original Song nomination).
In addition to Pasek and Paul, the rest of the creative team is equally solid, with Marc Platt -- a veteran producer of high-profile movie musicals, including "La La Land," "Into the Woods," and the "Mary Poppins Returns" and "Aladdin" remake -- is set to produce.
While Deadline's report noted that it was unclear if original star Pitch Perfect") would once again be playing the titular teen, Variety reports that Platt (who, coincidentally enough, is Marc Platt's son) is in "early talks" to the film version of the show, for which he won the Best Actor Tony. Platt played a high schooler who suffers from severe social anxiety, and winds up becoming mistakenly entangled with a classmate's family after the other teen commits suicide.
No word yet on when production may begin. Stay tuned.
