Principal Photography Begins on The Producers
Posted on March 5, 2005
Principal photography began in Brooklyn, New York, on the motion picture version of Mel Brooks' The Producers. The film stars Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell. Universal Pictures will distribute the film domestically, opening on December 23, 2005, with Sony Pictures Releasing International handling foreign distribution. Based on Brooks' 1968 Oscar-winning motion picture comedy, the musical play won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards, including three for Brooks -- Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book of a Musical. Brooks produces the film with Jonathan Sanger, from a screenplay by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Susan Stroman will make her motion picture directing debut on The Producers, having won Tonys as Best Director and Choreographer for the long-running Broadway hit. Two-time Tony winners Lane and Broderick return to their iconic roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical producer and his neurotic accountant, who hit upon the perfect plan to make a fortune on Broadway. are Tony winners Gary Beach and Roger Bart as theatrical director Roger DeBris and his common-law assistant Carmen Ghia.
