Michelle
Pfeiffer
is
in
final
talks
to
join
the
cast
of
New
Line
Cinema's
adaptation
of
the
hit
Broadway
musical
comedy
Hairspray
directed
by
Adam
Shankman
and
produced
by
Craig
Zadan
and
Neil
Meron.
Hairspray
is
based
on
the
1988
John
Waters
comedy
about
star-struck
teenagers
on
a
local
Baltimore
dance
show.
The
latest
version
will
be
based
on
New
Line's
Tony-winning
Broadway
adaptation
of
the
film.
Pfeiffer
would
play
Velma
von
Tussel,
a
former
beauty
queen
(Miss
Baltimore
Crabs)
who
can't
move
on
and
who
is
the
producer
of
the
dance
show.
She
joins
John
Travolta
as
Edna
Turnblad,
Queen
Latifah
as
Motormouth
Maybelle,
Amanda
Bynes
as
Penny
Pingleton,
Brittany
Snow
as
Amber
von
Tussel,
Zac
Efron
as
Link
Larkin,
Elijah
Kelley
as
Seaweed,
and
newcomer
Nikki
Blonsky
as
Tracy
Turnblad.
Hairspray
is
being
directed
by
Adam
Shankman
and
produced
by
Craig
Zadan
and
Neil
Meron.
Production
is
scheduled
to
begin
in
the
fall,
with
a
Dec.
21,
2007,
release
date.
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