This is unexpected news for sure! Rob Marshall honestly sounds like a much better choice for this musical than Bill Condon (though I'm curious to how his Kiss of the Spider Woman will turn out). If the casting process has already begun, this will be interesting.
I’d love to see Krakowski reprise her Adelaide on film (or anywhere), but I’m sure it’ll go to a bigger name. They could truly go in a million directions. She’s still a bit young, but maybe Emma Stone? She worked with Marshall on Cabaret and he offered her Cinderella in the Into the Woods movie.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Marshall's Oscar creds are 20 years old at this point and he hasn't made anything remotely Oscar-friendly (in major categories) since then, but actors do seem to like working with him. Marshall legitimizes this no more than Bill Condon, who was previously attached for years and couldn't get it made."
Two of the four Oscar nominated films Marshall has made since Chicago received nominations in major categories.