British musician Paul McCartney has already written about seven songs for the musical. The former Beatle, an 18-time Grammy award winner, is in the final stages of completing songs for a stage adaptation of the beloved 1946 movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” with the aim of launching it in late 2020, the musician’s representatives said on Wednesday.
“Writing a musical is not something that had ever really appealed to me but Bill and I met up with Lee Hall and had a chat and I found myself thinking this could be interesting and fun,” McCartney said in a statement.McCartney, 77, who wrapped up the US leg of his latest tour last weekend, has already written about seven songs for the musical.