Los Angeles Feb 13 (IANS) "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons is set to star in and co-produce "The Legend of Georgia McBride".
New Regency and Fox 2000 have acquired the feature film rights to Matthew Lopez s play "The Legend of Georgia McBride". Parsons is producing with Todd Spiewak via their That s Wonderful Productions banner. Lopez will adapt the screenplay reports variety.com.
Parsons will play the role of Miss Tracy Mills a veteran drag queen who coaches a broke young man in the art of performing transforming him from a washed-up Elvis impersonator to a show-stopping drag queen.
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