Javier Bardem Set to Star in Sony Pictures' Movie Musical LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE
Javier Bardem is set to star in a new movie musical being developed at Sony Pictures titled Lyle, Lyle Crocodile. Will Speck and Josh Gordon will direct the film from a script written by Will Davies. The film is based on the best-selling 1965 children’s book by Bernard Waber and the music will be created by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the Oscar-winning songwriting team behind the music of La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen.
The story revolves around the “title reptile who lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores, and playing with the neighborhood kids. He’s the happiest crocodile any home ever had…until one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo. Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, don’t like crocodiles, and everything Lyle does to win them over seems to go wrong. It will take all of Lyle’s charm—and courage—to reveal the hero, and friend, behind the big crocodile smile.”
This sounds like it will make for a charming film, and it seems like it’s very different than anything Bardem has done before. He’s a great actor, though, and I’m sure he’ll be great in whatever role he ends up taking on. Apparently the project was “appealing to him from the moment he was offered the part.” The actor is also set to play King Triton in Disney’s The Little Mermaid adaptation.
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile will be released on July 22, 2022.
Source: Deadline