Elton John is adapting ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for animated feature

This seems perfect for some reason.

Elton John’s Rocket Pictures has acquired the film rights to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s global hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and will adapt it as an animated family feature.

Based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Bible’s Book of Genesis, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was the first Lloyd Webber-Rice musical to be performed publicly.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat started in a school and was the first step on the path that led to my musicals with Tim Rice,” Webber said in a statement. “It is now being performed all over the world by a fourth generation of schoolkids, and a great movie can only help Joseph being part of the lives of many more.”

Added Rice: “I have always thought Joseph was a strong contender for an animation production, and I’m delighted this is now going to happen.”