Nine To Premiere New Songs And Possible Kate Hudson?

 The Daily Mail is reporting that original Nine composer Maury Yeston has composed three new songs for the upcoming film version. One of the news songs will be a number involving a Vogue magazine writer, who its rumored will be play by actress Kate Hudson.

Rehearsals for the film begin mid-August, with recording set to happen in September, and actual filming commencing in October at Shepperton Studios in the UK.

As previously announced, Daniel Day-Lewis' deal was closed back in June on the film. Day-Lewis replaced the previously attached Javier Bardem who left the project a few weeks ago citing exhaustion. Along with Day-Lewis and a potential Kate Hudson other confirmed recent cast members are Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench.

Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and is based off of Fredrico Fellini's movie 8 1/2. The play tells the story of a young film maker living in Venice trying to juggle all of the women in his life.

The Broadway production, directed by Tommy Tune and choreographed by Thommie Walsh, opened on May 9, 1982 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 729 performances. The cast included Raúl Juliá as Guido, Karen Akers as Luisa, Liliane Montevecchi as Liliane, Anita Morris as Carla, Shelly Burch as Claudia, and Taina Elg as Guido's mother. Replacements later in the run included Bert Convy and Sergio Franchi as Guido, Maureen McGovern as Luisa, and Priscilla Lopez as Liliane. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical.

The film will not be set in Venice but rather in a 1960's Rome film studio. Director Rob Marshall told The Daily Mail, "'Vespas and Ray-Bans and beautiful women. It's very Italian, very Sixties and very sexy."

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