Amanda Seyfried & Evan Rachel Wood Are Collaborating on ‘Thelma & Louise’ Musical

Amanda Seyfried won her first-ever Golden Globe for Best Actress successful a Limited Series for Hulu’s The Dropout connected Tuesday night, Jan. 10 — but she noticeably wasn’t determination to judge it. The adjacent day, she gave an acceptance code via an Instagram video and said she was absent due to the fact that she’s presently successful New York moving connected thing “that is magical, and it’s musical.” She shared nary further mentation for her absence.

Apparently, the 37-year-old Mamma Mia! prima is stationed successful New York due to the fact that she is “deep successful the process of creating a caller musical,” Variety reported connected Jan. 13. An insider told the work she is presently processing a philharmonic mentation of the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise, which starred Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon arsenic 2 friends who embark connected a roadworthy travel together, which turns into a transgression spree. Evan Rachel Wood, 35, is besides believed to beryllium progressive successful the project. Both Susan, 76, and Geena, 66, received nominations for the Best Actress Oscar for their roles successful the film. The movie besides notably brought Brad Pitt to the spotlight. Read connected to larn much astir the Thelma & Louise musical, which is being workshopped arsenic of Jan. 2023.

Amanda Seyfried won her archetypal Golden Globe connected Jan. 10, 2022 arsenic she was moving connected different task (Photo: Ron Adar / M10s / MEGA)

Everything To Know About The Reported ‘Thelma & Louise’ Musical

There is precise small known astir the processing musical, but Variety reported it has been successful improvement since 2021. It is unclear erstwhile Amanda joined the production, but the film’s film’s screenwriter, Callie Khouri, is believed to beryllium attached. Callie is reported to beryllium penning the amusement with Haley Feiffer. Grammy-nominated indie singer/songwriter Neko Case is creating the score. Scott Delman is reported to beryllium producing. A erstwhile study noted that Trip Cullman is slated to direct, per Variety.

Amanda has kept her lips sealed astir the task and has done a precise bully occupation of hiding the information that she’s been successful the Big Apple, purposely oregon not. Most of her caller Instagram posts see quality oregon animals and bash not look remotely adjacent to New York City. Amanda made her Off-Broadway debut successful 2015’s The Way We Get By. As mentioned above, she stars successful the movie musicals Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, arsenic good arsenic Les Misérables. Rachel is besides nary alien to singing, arsenic she lent her dependable to the Beatles-themed philharmonic Across the Universe and played Anna and Elsa’s ma successful Frozen 2.

Amanda’s Acceptance Speech

The mother of two gave a code filled with gratitude aft missing her accidental to locomotion crossed the Golden Globes’ signifier successful idiosyncratic to judge her award. “I was connected FaceTime with my ‘Dropout’ team, my fantastic ‘Dropout’ squad who are the crushed I got this award,” she said aft revealing her location. “It is simply a existent grant to person been a portion of that. I had to miss it due to the fact that I americium doing thing that is magic and it’s musical. So I’m yet getting to bash thing that I’ve ne'er truly done.”

“That’s each I tin truly accidental astir it. Hopefully much soon,” she continued, apt not realizing “soon” meant 2 days later. “But it’s a batch of work. It’s much fun, and it’s been a large night. So successful lieu of immoderate acceptance code I’m conscionable going to accidental acknowledgment to each my ‘Dropout’ household and my family.”

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