“All musicals ever performed in Iran have been based on classical stories, but my musical is a modern fantasy, which will be performed with jazz music,” he told the Persian service of MNA on Monday.

A cast composed of 11 leading actors and numerous actor-singers will be hired for the project, in which actor Navid Mohammadzadeh will collaborate as a producer.

“Corpse Bride” starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter is about a shy groom who practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman as she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Photo: A scene from “Corpse Bride” by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson

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