Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (“The Whale,” “The Wrestler”) has revealed that he’s trying to turn his acclaimed 2010 dark psychological thriller “Black Swan” into a stage musical.
Natalie Portman starred in the original “Black Swan” as a ballerina driven to madness and self-destructive extremes by her ambition, pursuit of perfection and more. Portman won an Oscar for her performance with the film also landing Best Picture and Best Director nominations.
Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassell and Barbara Hershey co-starred in the film which grossed a stunning $329 million off a $13 million budget along with landing some excellent critical reviews with quite a few critics putting it in their top films of the year list.
Speaking with The AV Club, he says: “We’re trying to do the Black Swan musical. We’ll see what happens. But we’re working on it.” He adds that he’d love to do a movie musical and has talked to many people about it:
“I would love to and I’ve talked to many people about it. And I’ve come close to a few ideas. It’s a very tricky thing because music from musicals is not popular music anymore. So what do you do?
I think Hamilton was brilliant because Lin-Manuel Miranda fused hip-hop with musical music. And so he had this breakthrough that was really brilliant.
But figuring that angle of it, of what the music would be, where it comes from, is the big challenge. But I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it. And hopefully, one day, I could figure something out.”
Aronofsky is out on the promotional circuit discussing his new film “The Whale” which has landed mostly positive reviews and received universal acclaim for Brendan Fraser’s lead performance. Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins and Samantha Morton co-star.
