Fans of "Hairspray" could be in for a treat, with New Line Cinema reportedly making a deal with "Hairspray" creator John Waters to write a treatment for a sequel.
According to "Variety", the film's original director-choreographer Adam Shankman, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will be working together again on the sequel.
"I never thought of musicals as franchises, but it certainly worked with "High School Musical" and the idea of working with that cast again and creating new material and music is a dream come true," Shankman told "Daily Variety".
"John [Waters] has such an original and extraordinary voice; we all can't wait to see what he has come up with."
Although there's no news on the cast, the studio hopes to reunite the all-star cast from the first film. The 2007 hit musical featured John Travolta, Christopher Walken and Nikki Blonsky as well as Zac Efron, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley and Allison Janney.
The sequel will pick up where the first film left off and will be scheduled for a mid-2010 release by Warner Bros.
