US EditionTaika Waititi, Rita Ora Working on Musical About Fyre Festival
The musical comedy adapts Billy McFarland's story, creator of the failed 2017 Fyre Festival, with music by Paul Epworth and set design by Hamilton's David Korins.
- Oscar-Winning filmmaker Taika Waititi, alongside singer Rita Ora, is producing Fyre Fest The Musical, a comedic stage show centered on the 2017 Fyre Festival fiasco and its organizer, Billy McFarland.
- The musical was proposed by filmmaker Bryan Buckley, a frequent Super Bowl commercial director and 15-year friend of Waititi, inspired by the festival’s spectacular failure.
- Buckley is writing and directing the show with music by Oscar and Grammy-winner Paul Epworth and sets designed by Hamilton’s David Korins, announced at a launch event on a barge in New York Harbor.
- Buckley described Fyre Fest as an extraordinary disaster that will leave a lasting impact on an entire generation and expressed enthusiasm about sharing the project with audiences, while Waititi characterized the concept as both intriguing and risky.
- McFarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2018, served several years in prison, and was released in 2022, while the musical’s production timeline and Broadway plans remain undisclosed.
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'Thor' Director Taika Waititi, Rita Ora Developing Musical About Disastrous Fyre Festival
Sept. 9 (UPI) — Filmmaker Taika Waititi and his wife, singer-songwriter Rita Ora, are producing a stage musical about the failed 2017 Fyre Music Festival. The post ‘Thor’ Director Taika Waititi, Rita Ora Developing Musical About Disastrous Fyre Festival appeared first on Breitbart.
'Fyre Fest The Musical' is coming from Taika Waititi and Rita Ora
The musical in development from commercial and indie film director Bryan Buckley is described as "a satirical indictment of an entire generation."Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Rita Ora and Taika Waititi in 2024Half a decade after a deluge of documentaries exposed the fraudulent Fyre Festival, Taika Waititi and Rita Ora are teaming up to produce a stage show based on the failed Caribbean event.The real-life couple and prolific comm…
Director Taika Waititi and artist Rita Ora will together produce "Fyre fest: the musical", a satirical performance about the infamous music festival that ended in fiasco in 2017.
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