While the Broadway-bound `` Aladdin '' is going through a whole new world of previews up in Toronto , Disney has found its next theatrical endeavor : the 1987 adventure comedy `` The Princess Bride . '' ` ` The Princess Bride '' is being developed as a stage play . It is n't clear yet whether it will be a play or a musical . It 's also unknown who the creative director will be . The original novel appeared in 1985 , followed by a movie in 1987 .
` ` The Princess Bride '' is being developed as a stage play . It is n't clear yet whether it will be a play or a musical . It 's also unknown who the creative director will be . The original novel appeared in 1985 , followed by a movie in 1987 .