Dominic Cooke is set to do a movie version of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 'Follies'
after Heyday Films and BBC Films secured the film rights to the Broadway musical.at the National Theatre in London in 2017, with Imelda Staunton and Janie Dee starring, and then again this year with a return engagement.have been on the drawing board before, but none ever got a green light. "Over the years, there have been many attempts to bringto the screen, but not until Dominic Cooke’s brilliant production at the National Theatre of Great Britain did it seem like it could be a real movie.
"James Goldman’s skilful book nods as much to the golden age of movie musicals as to Broadway, so it feels like natural material to turn into a movie," Cooke said in his own statement.
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