Disney and Ice Cube Are Teaming Up to Give Oliver Twist a Modern, Well, Twist


The Charles Dickens novel about an orphan boy who moves from a life as a child worker to becoming recruited by London pickpocket gang leader Fagin has become the inspiration for yet another adaptation, but this time it's getting a modern makeover.

E! News has learned that Disney is joining forces with Ice Cube and Hamilton directorThomas Kail to recreate the work based on the famous book as a musical with a twist, if you will.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, who first reported the story, the new Oliver Twistwill be "crossing many genres, including hip-hop. Cube and [Jeff] Kwatinetz are writing the treatment, with Cube attached to play Fagin."

Disney already dabbled with Oliver Twistback in 1988 by giving it the animated treatment and releasing Oliver and Company. Perhaps the most notable adaptation, however, is the stage musicalOliver!


Cube is obviously no stranger to creating greatness on the big screen, most recently drawing from his personal past and time in rap group N.W.A. The rapper turned actor and producer produced Straight OuttaCompton, and Oscar nominated film chronicling the group's rise and ultimate separation.


Meanwhile, Kail, who gained a Tony Award for his work in Hamilton, has also directedGrease Live!, Fox's live TV take on the classic movie musical that starred Julianne Houghand Vanessa Hudgens.

Source: Entertainment News

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