Broadway looks set to get a Happy Feet musical based on George Millers Oscar-winning animated feature about singing and dancing Emperor penguins.

Tony-winning Michael Arden is on board to direct a live stage version being developed by Tony Award-winning producer DoriBerinstein(Legally Blonde, The Prom). The Broadway-bound musical, based on Miller and Warner Bros. Pictures 2006 foot-tapping, CG-animated musical movie, also has on its creative team book writerDouglas Lyonsandachoreography team that includes tapdancerAyodeleCasel, LaurenYalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant(The Lost Boys, Parade). The Broadway musical now in development will feature toe-tapping songs fromthe original movie and its dance-driven soundtrack, the projects producers said. The original film and its sequel went on to gross over $847 million worldwide.

The design teamfor Happy Feet musicalalso includes a host of other Tony award winners, includingsetdesignerDane Laffrey, costume designerSusan Hilferty, lighting designerNatasha Katz, along with puppet designerBasil Twistorchestrator/co-arrangerKenny Seymourandmusic supervisor/co-arrangerJacksonTeeley.

The musical is being produced withWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures,whose upcoming projects include adaptations ofCrazy Rich Asians,Practical Magic and thecurrent Broadway productions of The Lost Boys and Dog Day Afternoon.

Mark Kaufman, executive vp and chief content officer ofWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures, will be a creative consultant, while Milleris aconsulting producer.General Management ofthe Happy Feetmusical is byWagner JohnsonProductions.

Happy Feet won the Academy Award for best animated feature film in 2007. The movie featured a star-studded voice cast, including Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams and Nicole Kidman, among others. Its sequel, Happy Feet Two, debuted in 2011.