U.K. theater impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has secured the rights to turn the School of Rock movie into a stage production.

The composer and producer behind musical hits Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Phantom of the Opera, Chess and others has secured the rights to turn the 2003 comedy movie, which starred Jack Black, into a stage musical.

Lloyd Webber told CBC radio that he is “very excited” about the project. “There may be songs for me in it,” he said, but added that "it's also got songs in it as it stands.”

The film was originally scored by Shudder to Think frontman Craig Wedren, and contains hits by the likes of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Cream, AC/DC and The Who.

In the movie, Dewey Finn (played by Black) poses as hisgood). But those were moments of self-doubt. We came to them often through Darrow’s first-person narration and given that narrative structure, and the overall context of him as leader against a vicious system, we were predisposed to root for him even as he himself was torn by some of his choices.

That continues here. “Reaper” is not the name he would choose for himself; he is haunted and scarred by the millions of deaths his war has cost. He would happily replace Hero of the Rebellion with Husband and Father if he could; he mourns his lost time with his wife Mustang and bemoans the distance he feels from a son he barely knows thanks to his long absences at war.

But more effective than his self-doubt is the way