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When asked if he’s ever outraged by mentions about possibly remaking The Princess Bride, Reiner revealed that he already knew Disney had the rights to do a musical adaptation based on the film, as he had actually previously tried to get a musical version off the ground many years ago. That was under the blessing of Princess Bride author and creator William Goldman, though, so while he hopes this new version is great, Reiner admits it does bother him a bit.
“Well, you know something? It does bother me a little bit, and I’m going to be honest, completely honest. I read something yesterday, and this is something I knew about because I knew that, you know, Disney had gotten the rights to do a musical, a Disney Live, you know, live theater, to do a musical,” Reiner said. “And I knew about it because, first I met with them. This was many years ago, and Bill Goldman was still alive at the time and he was okay with the idea of doing it, a stage musical.”
“So I met with Marc Shaiman, who I’ve worked with for years. I met with Randy Newman. I met with John Mayer, and they all said this is great, but I don’t want to go anywhere near this. This is too, you know, and so it kind of went away,” Reiner said. “And then I hear yesterday, now I hope it’s great. I want it to be great, but there’s another team that, I think it’s the person who directed Hamilton, and there are a couple of writers, songwriters that are going to do it, and I hope it’s good, but it bothers me a little bit because, you know, this was my, I read every book that Bill Goldman ever wrote, and this was my favorite book that he ever wrote. And I was very good close friends with him.”
