As Oppenheimer hits theaters, another cautionary nuclear story will be adapted for the stage by director Armando Iannucci.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
I am sure Stanley would have approved it too."
‘Dr. Strangelove’.Photo by HA/THA/Shutterstock
“As a story, weirdly it hasn’t gone away,” Iannucci toldBBC News.
And currently, we aren’t doing anything about it."
Iannucci is writing the adaptation along with award-winning playwright Sean Foley, who was behindThe LadykillersandI Can’t Sing!
The X Factor Musical.
The story is still set in the ’60s, but will exude a modern feel.
TheAvenue 5showrunner has been given access to Kubrick’s archive, which includes unused scenes and drafts fromDr.
Strangelove, some of which will be used in the adaptation.
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