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Movie Shrek to become US musical

Everyone's favourite ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (1) , Shrek, is swapping the big screen for the stage in a big US musical.

Oscar-winning British ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (2) Sam Mendes is in charge of the new musical, which should hit the stage in 2006.

Shrek is one of the most ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (3) animated films of all time and a sequel released earlier this year became the biggest animated film of all time.

Other animated ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (4) Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King have been made into hugely successful musicals too.

The director of the musical Jason Moore said it would be a big challenge to take an ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (5) film and turn it into something for the stage.

''But what's so ----------------- films wonderful director ogre successful animated (6) about Shrek is that anarchic attitude placed in a fairy-tale world that I think will thrive onstage,'' he added.

From BBC, October 17th 2004

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