Lionel Richie's "All Night Long" Inspires Movie Musical Project At Disney

Lionel Richie‘s infamous song “All Night Long” will the basis of a new movie musical from Disney.

Variety reports that the movie title will be the same as the song and will also incorporate more of the 70-year-old singer’s greatest hits.

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Lionel and his manager Bruce Eskowitz will be producing the project alongside Dana Brunetti and Matt Del Piano from Cavalry Media.

Pete Chiarelli will be penning the script.

The site adds that All Night Long will be in line “with the jukebox musical vibe of the hugely successful Mamma Mia films”.

Just recently, Lionel lent his voice to a new version of “We Are The World” with the most recent finalists on American Idol, where he is a judge.