Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Rob Marshall's MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA follow-up brings him back to the musical genre. Already in the cast of NINE are Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren.

Now both Dame Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman are in talks to join the production. I could be wrong, but this would be the first musical for Kidman since MOULIN ROUGE, would it not? And this marks a return to musicals for Dench, who has an extensive background in stage musicals.

The Tony-winning musical centers around a film director (to be played by Bardem in the film) and the many women in his life... based on Fellini's 8 1/2. Thoughts?