“I can’t say much about it, but I can tell you, yeah it’s going to be a full-on Grease musical.
Summer Lovin’ is based on the premise of the hit song Summer Nights from Grease, in which Travolta and Newton-John’s characters tell the tale of their summer romance to their suitably agog school friends.
Leah McKendrick penned the script for Summer Lovin’ with Temple Hill and Picturestart producing.
The nature of musicals is such that audiences find it difficult to warm up to newcomers in a well-loved franchise.