STX Entertainment have announced that they are set to release a Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat animated movie with Elton John’s production company Rocket Films producing, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
The news broke as the STX presented their upcoming slate at CinemaCon in Las Vegas earlier on Tuesday.
“Originally written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Riceas a pop cantata for students in London in 1968, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was expanded into a concept album and subsequently a globally successful theatrical stage phenomenon,” said David Kosse, President of STXinternational, who was instrumental in landing the deal for STX. “Joseph has become one of the most enduring, irresistible and beloved family musicals of all time. We could not be more honored or excited to be partnering with Andrew, Tim and Elton, legends of music, stage and screen on this animated telling of this timeless story.”
Rocket Films also have an upcoming animated movie named Sherlock Gnomes on the way. That film features the voices of g Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and James McAvoy, and is the follow up to their hit Gnomeo & Juliet.
No news on when the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat animated movie will start production as yet, but we’ll keep you posted.
