The bar has been set high for both the stage and screen versions of the acclaimed musical -- The King And I.And on Friday Paramount Pictures announced it has bought the rights tothe Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic, and that a new film version is now in development.The late Yul Brynner famously playedKing Mongkut Of Siam in the 1950s on Broadway, for which he won two Tony Awards, and in the film adaption: a performance that earned him and Academy Award For Best Actor.
Classic! Paramount Pictures bought the rights to the Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical, The King And I, and that a new film version is now in development; Yul Brynner famously starred in the stage and film versions of The King And IThe production company, Temple Hill,.
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