Variety reports that Revolution Studios, the film's financiers, would like Taye Diggs, Jesse Martin, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzel to reprise their roles on screen. In the original Broadway cast, Diggs played Benjamin Coffin III, Martin was Tom Collins, Pascal portrayed Roger Davis, Rapp was Mark Cohen and Menzel played Maureen Johnson. The industry papers says the studio is willing to work around the actors' schedules, which might make the target release date — holiday 2005 — a bit more difficult.

There has been no official announcement about who the producers would like to portray Mimi Marquez, Joanne Jefferson or Angel Schunard. Those roles were created on Broadway by Daphne Rubin-Vega, Fredi Walker and Wilson Jermain Heredia, respectively. The latter won a Tony for his work as the ill-fated drag queen.

Chris Columbus, who has co-written a script for the film with Stephen Chbosky, will direct.