Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' is being adapted into musical

Cameron Crowe's comedy drama Almost Famous is all set to be adapted into a musical.

The 2000 film is a semi-autobiographical retelling of the director's personal experience as a teenage writer for a magazine and touring with rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and The Eagles in the 70s.

It featured Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit and Jason Lee.

The new musical will be directed by Jeremy Herrin with music by Tom Kitt. Crowe will pen the book based on his Oscar-winning screenplay, reported Rolling Stone.

Crowe, 61, has been developing the musical for a couple of years and first teased the project on Twitter with a video of composer Tom Kitt performing at the piano.

"I remember the first day of filming 'Almost Famous'. We were standing in downtown San Diego, shooting a scene with Phillip Seymour Hoffman on the very same street where I'd first met Lester Bangs.

"It felt surreal. It felt like a miracle. I called a friend of mine and said, 'How did I get here?' He laughed and said, 'Enjoy it, this won't happen again.' The current miracle is that the feeling is coming alive again," the director said.

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However, he did not announce the date when the musical premieres.

"It doesn't even feel like work. It feels like a new adventure, a natural progression but still true to the question that started it all. 'What do you love about music?' Can't wait to bring it to you in the coming months," Crowe said.