Jon Favreau To Direct Big Screen Adaptation of JERSEY BOYS?

It looks like Iron Man director Jon Favreau could end up directing the big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons. As you all know, Favreau is a man of many talents, and this would be the first musical that he's taken on. It's definitely a departure from the fanboy and fangirl films that he's been working on, but he's still a filmmaker that can basically make any movie that he wanted to. So if he wants to make Jersey Boys, he must have an enthusiastic vision for it. 

The movie is set up over at GK Films, and Hugo writer John Logan is writing the script. I'm not really familiar with the musical as I've never seen it, but the story centers around Vallie and the other members of pop music sensation the Four Seasons during their rise to superstardom. 

Favreau is reprising his role as Happy Hogan in Iron Man 3, which he's currently shooting. He's also been developing a Disney film called The Magic Kingdom for awhile. I'm not sure what the status of that is right now, but I hope it's moving forward. Favreau is a talented director and if he ends up officially taking on Jersey Boys I'm sure he'll do a great job directing it. 

What do you think about Favreau possibly taking on Jersey Boys?

Here's a synopsis for the musical:

Everyone knows their songs. Few know their story. Named for a bowling alley that refused to book them, The Four Seasons—Frankie, Tommy, Bob, and Nick—were four high school dropouts who emerged from New Jersey to become true American Idols: one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. With a shiny doo-wop sound highlighted by lead singer Frankie Valli’s stratospheric falsetto, they wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds, and sold 175 million records worldwide—all before they were thirty.

Jersey Boys, Broadway’s 2006 Tony Award® Winner for Best Musical, is the electrifying tale of the Seasons’ rise, the moment they established their signature sound with their breakout hit “Sherry”; becoming a sensation on American Bandstand, of being young and full of hope and dreams and promise; of riding the rocket of success against the irresistible pull of the Jersey mob and the old neighborhood. Like the show itself, this gorgeous, full-color companion book captures the magic and the original excitement of the band’s life and times through all-new interviews with the band members. It also features the show’s libretto; interviews with the show’s writers, director, and cast; and over 200 photos from the band members’ personal collections of rarely seen memorabilia. For anyone who's ever sung along or danced to "Oh, What a Night!", “Walk Like a Man” or “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, and for those just discovering the timeless sound of The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys is the ultimate keepsake.