Hustlers may not have won at the Golden Globes with Jennifer Lopez's nomination, but its future still looks bright. While demands for a sequel are always high with a story and cast as great as that one, director Lorene Scafaria has another plan: Broadway.
"We’re just starting. I said it to them a few months ago that I thought it would be a good idea,” she told Variety on the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday. “I’m trying to develop it for the stage.”
After all, music was such a big part of the movie (which told the true story detailed in The Cut about a group of strippers who stole from their clients) thanks to its early 2000s soundtrack, and Scafaria would definitely bring that to the stage.
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"I think you can have a little bit of a mix," she said of the possibility of original songs. "It's gonna depend what Usher lets us do, really. So much depends on Usher." (Usher has a delightful cameo in the film and his music is featured).
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While perhaps there are people who would still demand another film installment of the blockbuster, the fact that the original is based on a true story makes a follow-up tricky, and, in the words of Scafaria, "It feels more fun to me to bring the club to the theatre."
After all, Magic Mike made a similar move after its own sequel, transforming into a live show that is now so successful it performs worldwide. Hustlers has even more of an advantage when it comes to Broadway, because a number of its actresses can already sing. Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, and Lizzo doing Hustlers Live? That's the only goal I'd like to manifest in 2020.
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