Star curls up with New Line
Pfeiffer joins Travolta, Latifah, Bynes in 'Hairspray'
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Pfeiffer joins John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron and newcomer Nikki Blonsky, who'll play lead Tracy Turnblad. Adam Shankman is directing and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are producing. Leslie Dixon wrote the script.
Studio has firmed a Sept. 5 start date. Plans to shoot partly in Baltimore have been scrapped, and the pic now will shoot entirely in Toronto. Also changed is its launch date; the film has been pushed back to a Dec. 21, 2007 release. New Line cites its crowded summer 2007 sked as the reason for the move.
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are writing new songs for their Tony-winning musical score, including a new tune for Pfeiffer. She last sang in a film in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" and starred in "Grease 2."
Pfeiffer, who works selectively, signed after a long courtship by Shankman, Zadan and Meron.
"Not only do we have her singing, which she hasn't done in a long time, but she's been a delicious villain in roles like Catwoman," Shankman said. "Velma is this amazing mess of contradictions. I'm going to dress and wig Michelle to death on this one."
Pfeiffer currently is shooting the Matthew Vaughn-directed "Stardust."
