EXCLUSIVE: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Columbia Pictures film Center Stage, which was released on May 12, 2000 and launched the feature careers of Zoe Saldana and Amanda Schull. Center …
Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstockis a series continuation of the original film set today within the highly competitive world of dance. It follows a new, inclusive class of dancers as they work to stay at the academy and clash against the traditional students and style the ABA is known for. Ballet has always been a conformist world, but with Cooper Nielson now at the helm of the ABA and the ABC, change is on the horizon in more ways than one.
There is no talent attached to the series, which is still in development. In the threeMark and Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Adam Fishbach also executive produce. Julie Waters serves as producer.The 2000 film, written by Carol Heikkinen and directed by Nicholas Hytner, centers on a group of young dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City.
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