So this is definitely a very indie version of this, although the source material is incredibly popular. So, this will be a movie version of the musical "Chicago" but the twist is that all roles are played by someone of the opposite gender of their original character. So Waylen Greene is going to be playing the pivotal role of Roxie Hart. There is really not much of a budget for this, as the person creating it is not well known, but there is a lot of press surrounding it due to it's unique nature, and it has managed to grab a lot of very large musical names, such as Andrew Rannells (Velma Kelly), Sutton Foster (Billy Flynn), and Hugh Jackman (Matron "Mama" Morton). The movie will follow the direction of the original movie as opposed to the setup of the Broadway musical, and supposedly there is a twist at the end that was not in the original movie OR musical, so stay tuned!
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