Lionel Richie and Walt Disney Studios have teamed up to develop a movie based on the songs from the music legend, The Hollywood Reporterhas confirmed.
With a working title of All Night Long, after his 1983 No. 1 hit, the project sees Richie producing with his manager Bruce Eskowitz as well as Dana Brunetti (Fifty Shades of Grey, Captain Phillips) and Matt DelPiano, who will produce through their banner, Cavalry Media.
Pete Chiarelli, who worked on Crazy Rich Asians and Now You See Me 2, is writing the original script. Disney picked up the project as a pitch earlier this year.
Disney envisions the project as a theatrical release, hoping to capitalize on the trend of audiences embracing musicals at the box office.
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