Danny Boyle Might Direct An Adaptation Of The Musical Miss Saigon

Director Danny Boyle is in early talks to direct an adaption of the acclaimed musical Miss Saigon, which focuses on the star-crossed romance of an American GI and a Vietnamese bargirl in the Vietnam War. The original Broadway musical opened in 1991 and updated the classic Opera Madame Butterfly into the modern Vietnam setting. During its premiere in ’91 the show earned ten Tony nominations and won three of them.

Still, Boyle fans might find this potentially odd tangent in the director’s career off-putting: he was most recently talking up a storm about the long-awaited Trainspotting 2. It’s unclear if Miss Saigon is something he’s looking at after Trainspotting, or if there’s still time in between now and the production of that sequel. Last December it was reported that the entire original cast was set to return to Trainspotting 2.

Boyle could use a pick-me-up after the floundering box office returns Steve Jobs got last fall. Although the movie was critically lauded deservedly so no one seemed to care about revisiting the scandalous life of the Apple CEO.