He's a genius who must hide his facial disfigurement behind a mask and in the catacombs beneath Paris's Opera Populaire, known only as the Phantom of the Opera or Opera Ghost. He earned a producer credit for this year’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect.An architect and designer, a composer and magician. Mason, presently the CEO of the Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammys, is a songwriter and music producer who has been involved in the music production for a range of TV and film projects, from Sing and the upcoming Sing 2 to Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Straight Outta Compton and the Pitch Perfect movies. The last few years have seen the studio try more auteur-driven and creative approaches to its monster universe, with a Wolfman project from Ryan Gosling and Derek Cianfrance among the current crop in development. Phantom follows in Universal’s storied tradition of monster movies, which have famously included beloved takes on Dracula and Frankenstein and characters such as the Mummy, the Wolfman and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. New Orleans is not only known as America’s most haunted city, but the music, Creole culture, voodoo mystique and the pageantry of Mardi Gras, inspire a natural adaptation of the original Paris setting,” said Fusco, whose credits include the 2019 Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson crime drama The Highwaymen, in a statement. “I have long wanted to explore The Phantom of the Opera in a contemporary and new way and in a French Quarter setting.
The new tale is set in New Orleans and will take in all of the city’s mystique. While many a modern audience will know the story via the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, it was also one of the first hit movies for Universal, which adapted it in 1925 as a silent horror film starring Lon Chaney. Chrissy Teigen Reveals She Had an Abortion to "Save My Life for a Baby That Had Absolutely No Chance"
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