George Lucas Makes a Musical!

Is George Lucas trying to take on Disney?

Hollywood Reporter blog Heat Vision is reporting that the early stages of pre-production have begun at Skywalker Ranch on a George Lucas-produced animated musical.

Though Lucasfilm has told them that it's too early to reveal too many details, the film will reportedly be computer animated and already has a script, written by David Berenbaum. Berenbaum also wrote the hilarious script for the Will Ferrell vehicle Elf, and also adapted The Spiderwick Chronicles to film.

With Lucas producing, the director's spot will be filled by Kevin Munroe, whose directorial debut was the animated fourth film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, TMNT.

The plot is unknown, but will somehow incorporate fairies as well as a variety of music "from a variety of sources." So... Shrek crossed with Moulin Rouge? ... That could work. I wanted an adaptation of Mark Hammill's tenure on Guys and Dolls, though. "Do it for Yoda while we serve our guests a soda..."