'Damn Yankees' Musical Movie Moving Forward

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I'm really surprised to hear they are doing a re boot of 'Damn Yankees' They are so many other musicals that need to be filmed. The original starred the handsome Tab Hunter and the great Gwen Verdon played the demonic Lola (both on stage and in the original movie). The part of Lola is as yet uncast in the new version

Original movie trailer


Todd Graff ("Bandslam," "Camp") has been selected to direct the film adaptation of 1955 stage musical "Damn Yankees" reports Deadline Hollywood.

The story is a Faustian tale of a baseball fan who makes a pact with the Devil to become a star player who helps his team win the world series. Jake Gyllenhaal will play the fan while Jim Carrey is the Devil.

Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel penned the script's first draft which Graff will re-write. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Hairspray") will produce.