Dane DeHaan & Rooney Mara Will Sing In "Ziggy"

Dane DeHaan and Rooney Mara are attached to star in the original musical "Ziggy" says Deadline.

The story follows a hunchback escape artist (DeHaan) who arrives in New York during the mass-culture boom of the late 1920s. He falls in love with the fiance (Mara) of a powerful media mogul, the story charts his rise to fame and subsequent fall.

The project is the debut feature of from Baz Luhrmann’s protégé Diesel Schwarze.

British music producer and songwriter Alex da Kid will develop original contemporary music for the film.

Lynette Howell and Jamie Patricof will produce the film.