EXCLUSIVE: Musica filmmaker Rudy Mancuso will helm Disney‘s long-awaited comedy Bob the Musical.
The original musical comedy—long regarded as one of Hollywood’s most intriguing “in-development” projects—has been in the works for over a decade at the studio. The story follows Bob, an ordinary man whose worst nightmare becomes reality when he wakes up to discover that he’s trapped in a full-blown musical. Kristen Burr and Tripp Vinson are producing.
Mancuso is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker. Musica, which he starred in with Camila Mendes, made its world premiere at 2024’s SXSW and was named one of the New York Time‘s Critics Picks and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 96% score. Mancuso directed, co-wrote, starred, and composed the music for the film, which Wonderland produced. A self-taught musician, Mancuso has released five singles, opened for Justin Bieber in his native Brazil on the Purpose World Tour, performed at the Hollywood Bowl for Disney Pixar’s Coco Live-To-Film Concert Experience while also incorporating song and instrumentation into his YouTube videos. As a director, he’s created two stunning single-take music videos for Lele Pons’ “Celoso” and “Bloqueo” as well as “Stories From Our Future,” a collaboration with Netflix. Mancuso is repped by WME, Range and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
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