Movie Heathers to become a musical

12 March 2009 02:17pm

Christian Slater's cult movie Heathers is heading to the stage.

The dark comedy - which helped Christian and his co-star Winona Ryder make their names in Hollywood in 1988 - is being turned into a musical, says the Hollywood Reporter.

Director Andy Fickman is developing the production and he's working with writer and composer Kevin Murphy and composer Larry O'Keefe.

Heathers: The Musical is expected to be ready in 2010 and the creative team are hoping for a run on Broadway.

The original movie followed Veronica (Winona) who is desperate to be accepted by a popular clique of girls at her school, even though she secretly hates them. Things go awry when she meets rebel JD (Christian), and she soon finds herself helping him to murder some of the school's most popular students.

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