A Broadway musical version of the book and film Bridget Jones's Diary is in the works, the head of England's Working Title production company said. The 2001 big-screen romantic comedy was based on Helen Fielding's novelization of her popular British newspaper column about the fictional Jones, an irrepressible singleton in her 30s looking for love in modern-day London. The movie starred Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth and was followed by a 2004 sequel, also based on a Fielding book, called Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The New York Post said Working Title is trying to follow up its recent success in bringing Billy Elliot from the screen to the stage with a musical adaption of Jones.

Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch have been attached to the comedy adventure to be directed by Greg Mottola UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Funny People), Jason Bateman (The Kingdom, Couples Retreat), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live, Ghost Town), Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Jane Lynch (Role Models, Glee), have been cast in Paul, a Working Title film for Universal Pictures, it was announced today.

By Susan Wloszczyna A new entry in Joel and Ethan Coen's cinematic canon of human foibles and folly always arrives loaded with fan expectations. Do the characters have crazy names? Check. Is there a botched crime, maybe involving a large sum of money? Check.

LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Pictures and Working Title Films announced today that principal photography began March 3, 2008, on "The Boat That Rocked", the new comedy about rock and roll, boys and a boat from filmmaker Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral).