Not One But TWO Phantom of the Opera TV Shows Currently in the Works
LatestWonderful news for those of you cherishing fond memories of their Phantom of the Opera phase (you know who you are): There’s not one but two TV adaptations of the original, turn-of-the-century novel currently in the works. Dueling Phantoms! Double the Phantom! Now with more musical menace than ever!
Deadline reports there’s an adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s 1909 novel currently in the works, to be directed by Amelie‘s Jean-Pierre Jeunet and produced by L.A.-based Endemol North America (previously responsible for… Hell on Wheels). They’ve bumped the action from the 19th to the 20th century, for maximum fizz: