Oscar-winning composers Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked,” “Godspell”) and Alan Menken (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin”) will team up to write the music for Disney’s new live-action version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
Schwartz and Menken wrote the music and lyrics for the 1996 animated take on the Victor Hugo story, some of which will be included in the new incarnation.
Josh Gad (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Frozen”) is among the producers, but it’s unclear whether he will play Quasimodo or any role.
David Henry Hwang, the Tony-winning playwright of “M. Butterfly,” is on board to write the screenplay.
Disney’s animation-to-live-action version of “The Lion King,” with Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa, will be released July 19.
