U2 reveal all about Spiderman Musical
Q, December 30, 2008
U2's Spiderman musical could open within a year, guitarist The Edge has revealed.
He and Bono have been writing the music and lyrics for the project which is being made with Tony-winning director Julie Taymor.
Speaking for the first time about the project, The Edge said a number of the songs had already been written and the musical is "in a pretty good state."
In an interview for the new edition of
Q, he explained: "I think the musical had its heyday back in the '40s, '50s, '60s era. I don't think there's been anything that interesting done in it since...Anyway, we've always harboured this sneaky ambition that maybe one day we might try our hand in that area."
Since hooking up with Taymor, who won Tonys for her work on Disney's
Lion King, Bono and The Edge have teamed up with scriptwriter Glenn Berger. "He's come up with some great dialogue. The overall story was really Julie working with Glenn, and Bono and myself riding shotgun with the odd idea here and there -- as they do for the songs.
"We love to delve into other people's creative worlds and figure out how it all happens. We've written a lot of the songs at this point. It's in a pretty good state, and I hope it'll open this year. We're not sure where in the world, but most likely it will be in New York."
It is not the first time U2 have been associated with a comic book movie -- they wrote the theme for
Batman Forever, "Hold Me Thrill Kiss Me Kill Me" which featured an animated version of the band in the promo.
The guitarist said he and Bono would be around for a "good few weeks" of the rehearsals: "There won't be a full orchestra -- it'll be something like 18 or 20 musicians: string players, brass, some woodwind. The core will be a rock 'n' roll band. But it is going to be interesting to write for other people. We have already written a lot of songs that are for women to sing. That's a whole other set of challenges, to write in the right key and all those technical things."
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