--- description: The writer director worked on 'Moulin Rouge' title: Rooney Mara to Star in Original Musical Movie 'Ziggy' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd13171c8319ff452/6986a319d0b6f2c1fe306104/491055549.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rooney Mara to Star in Musical Movie _Ziggy_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 12, 2014 5:50 PM CUT  Rooney Mara attends the Calvin Klein Party at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2014 in Cannes, France. Rooney Mara attends the Calvin Klein Party at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2014 in Cannes, France.Mike Marsland—WireImage  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 12, 2014 5:50 PM CUT Australian writer-director Diesel Shwarze, a Baz Luhrmann protegé, is developing an original musical feature film called _Ziggy_. The plot revolves around a hunchback escape artist who moves to New York in the 1920s and falls in love with the fiancée of a media mogul. Shwarze worked with Luhrmann on _Moulin Rouge_ and is teaming up with music producer and songwriter Alex Da Kid to develop the music. Kid has worked with Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Dr. Dre. Rooney Mara (_The Social Network_, _Girl With the Dragon Tattoo_) is attached to the picture, as is Dane DeHaan (_Chronicle_, _The Amazing Spider-Man 2_). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3341079/rooney-mara-musical-movie-ziggy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3341079/rooney-mara-musical-movie-ziggy/"},"headline":"Rooney Mara to Star in Musical Movie Ziggy","datePublished":"2014-09-12T17:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:09:43.539Z","description":"The film's writer-director worked on Moulin Rouge","url":"https://time.com/3341079/rooney-mara-musical-movie-ziggy/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd13171c8319ff452/6986a319d0b6f2c1fe306104/491055549.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd13171c8319ff452/6986a319d0b6f2c1fe306104/491055549.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Calvin Klein Party - The 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival","caption":"Calvin Klein Party - The 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival","creditText":"Mike Marsland—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3341079/rooney-mara-musical-movie-ziggy/","name":"Rooney Mara to Star in Musical Movie Ziggy"}}]}] ```