Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman to Star in Ryan Murphy's 'The Prom' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Awkwafina, James Corden and Ariana Grande are also tapped to star in Murphy's adaptation of the Broadway musical.

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00:00Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman will once again be joining each other on screen in Ryan Murphy's

00:04upcoming movie version of the Broadway musical The Prom for Netflix. The Hollywood Reporter has

00:09confirmed that the film adaptation of the musical will have a star-studded cast that also includes

00:14Awkwafina, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key, and Andrew Rannells. Streep is set to play the

00:19character of two-time Tony winner Dee Dee Allen. Corden will play Barry Glickman, both of whom see

00:24their play on Eleanor Roosevelt bashed by the New York Times. And Kidman will take on the role of

00:28Angie Dickinson, a veteran chorus girl. Now, all three of these actors have movie musical

00:33experience, from Streep portraying Donna in Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2.

00:37She wanted to make her mom proud. If she hasn't done that all her life.

00:40To Corden's turn as the baker in Into the Woods.

00:45It's because of you there's a giant in our midst.

00:48To Kidman's iconic performance in Moulin Rouge.

00:50I believe you were expecting me.

00:57Elsewhere, Rannells will play Trent Oliver, an actor down on his luck. Key will serve as

01:02the romantic interest for Dee Dee Allen. And Awkwafina will play a publicist named Miss

01:06Sheldon. How do all these characters fit together? Well, the prom dance is around the

01:10relationship between an Indiana teenager who wants to bring her girlfriend to her school's

01:14big dance. Instead, they're banned from attending, only to see a cast of Broadway

01:18eccentrics band together to help fight the injustice. Murphy is adapting the Broadway show as the

01:23first movie project announced under his new Netflix deal. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:29Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.