Unless I am mistaken McG has already shown interest in directing the next installment in the Terminator franchise following the May 21 release of Terminator Salvation of which he sat at the helm. On top of that we also know he is eying the director's chair at Disney with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo , an origin story of Nemo as he creates his warship, the Nautilus, based on the characters from the Jules Verne novel. Of course, it also makes sense to make sure your plate is full in this biz as you never know just how hungry you'll be in the future as The Hollywood Reporter brings word McG is looking to spread his wings a little wider in hopes of bringing the Broadway rock musical "Spring Awakening" to the big screen.

The director would also act as producer on the 19th-century German set feature telling the coming-of-age story of a group of teens discovering their sexuality and dealing with high-wire topics like masturbation, abortion, rape and suicide. The film isn't set up at a studio just yet and McG may opt not to go the studio route in order to make a more intimate, or indeed an edgier, movie version. Sounds to me like it is merely a chance to get out of the studio system for a breather before returning to the rather large blockbusters he looks to have lined up… I can respect and understand that.

McG is developing the feature with original book and lyrics writer Steven Sater. Sater and rocker Duncan Sheik based the musical on an 1891 German play and their resulting work resulted in a runaway Broadway success. The tuner won Tonys for best musical, best book, best original score and best actor.

The video included in this post is a four minute featurette on the musical itself including the music and words from Sheik and others. If you want to see what McG's experience in directing music videos looks like you can click here.

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