Lee Daniels Wants to Bring Miss Saigon to the Big Screen Soon

Lee Daniels is another name that most of you probably don't know yet, although we're hoping to change that by February next year. If you've seen the trailers or heard about the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, that's the film that Lee Daniels most recently directed. I have a good feeling that if everything stays the same, not only will we see Precious getting a Best Picture nomination, but I expect Lee Daniels will be nominated as well. Anyway, our friends at ComingSoon asked Daniels what he's planning to do next and he revealed that he's interested in bringing the stage musical Miss Saigon to the big screen.

ComingSoon didn't publish any exact quotes from Daniels, but they say "if it happens," he's got "thoughts about directing a movie based on the hit musical Miss Saigon." The show first hit the West End in London back in ...