This news should be music to the ears for all of you fans of the hit musical Miss Saigon that launched the career of Lea Salonga. According to an article from Variety Wagner heads to ‘Saigon’ with Daniels, on October 21st, 2009 a film version of the musical was announced to be in the works. Producer Paula Wagner was said to be teaming with the original musical producer Cameron Mackintosh to create a film version of the Tony-Winning Musical. Director Lee Daniels has mentioned directing the film version as a possibly future project. A screenwriter is currently being sought-out, with the hope of a 2011 release. Filming locations are said to be Cambodia and quite possibly Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon). The movie will be faithful to Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil’s tragic love story of a Vietnamese bar girl and an American soldier before the fall of Saigon in 1975. “Miss Saigon,” which opened on the West End in 1989 and played on Broadway for nearly 10 years, has been performed in 25 countries. No casting has been mentioned but speculation states that the Producers will be seeking an unknown for the lead role of Kim. With the recent trend in Hollywood of casting White actors in Asian roles, lets hope they cast the roles of Kim, Thuy, and the Engineer with Asian American Actors. In my opinion, they should go for Fil-Am actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle who I previously stated bears a striking resemblance to Lea Salonga.