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Title: Paolo Nutini to Write Score for John Lennon-Inspired NOWHERE BOY Adaptation
Post by: peregrine9 on February 10, 2012, 02:49:40 AM

Broadway World
February 9, 2012
Paolo Nutini Tapped to Write Score for John Lennon-Inspired NOWHERE BOY Adaptation

The UK Daily Mail is reporting that Scottish rocker Paolo Nutini is being courted to write the score and possibly the lyrics to a musical adaptation of the film Nowhere Boy, based on John Lennon. Nowhere Boy (2009) is a British biopic about John Lennon's adolescence, his relationships with his guardian aunt and his birth mother, the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. The film is based on a biography written by Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird. The film was released in the US on October 8, 2010.According to the report, Rupert Goold is attached to direct the project. It is being produced by Sally Greene, who is also attached to Billy Elliot and is an executive at The Old Vic Theatre, and Ecosse Films, who produced the film.

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Paolo-Nutini-Tapped-to-Write-Score-for-John-Lennon-Inspired-NOWHERE-BOY-Adaptation-20120209 (http://broadwayworld.com/article/Paolo-Nutini-Tapped-to-Write-Score-for-John-Lennon-Inspired-NOWHERE-BOY-Adaptation-20120209)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2099029/Chart-topping-singer-Paolo-Nutinis-road-Nowhere.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2099029/Chart-topping-singer-Paolo-Nutinis-road-Nowhere.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)