Andrew Lloyd Webber’s manufacturing firm introduced a rebrand yesterday and a slew of latest initiatives primarily based on his musicals.

The corporate, now LW Leisure, introduced a “new chapter” for the corporate, which seeks to take Lloyd Webber’s works—together with The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Celebrity, Joseph and the Superb Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Sundown Boulevard and Starlight Specific—and increase them throughout “a number of leisure codecs.”

Phantom of the Opera is on the prime of the checklist, it appears, for increasing into different arenas. There’s the 2004 movie, in fact (pictured above) and the more-recent immersive expertise, Masquerade, amongst others. Now, LW Leisure has partnered with Justin Leach of Qubic Footage, whose earlier credit embody Star Wars: Visions, to create an anime primarily based on the musical.

“I’m extremely excited to affix forces with the proficient workforce at LW Leisure to carry The Phantom of the Opera to life by anime,” Leach mentioned in a assertion. “This mission is a uncommon alternative to unite the grandeur of musical theatre with the artistry of Japanese animation—two beloved traditions which have touched audiences world wide. Our purpose is to create a timeless and emotionally resonant expertise that speaks to a world viewers and honors the legacy of this iconic story.”

One other Phantom initiatives entails a younger grownup novel instructed from the standpoint of Christine Daaé. That e book is about to come back out in Fall 2026 and will likely be “developed in collaboration” with Home of Salt and Sorrows creator Erin A. Craig. “I’m over the moon to announce that I’ve teamed up with LW Leisure and Delacorte Press to carry you Our Unusual Duet, a Phantom of the Opera novel celebrating the 40-year milestone anniversary for the world’s most iconic and sweepingly romantic musical,” Craig mentioned in a assertion. “It’s been the respect of a lifetime to discover the ‘unusual affair of The Phantom of the Opera, a thriller by no means totally defined’ by the eyes of Broadway’s most beloved gothic heroine.”

There’s quite a lot of different initiatives that LW Leisure introduced, however one which had a number of Reactor employees excited was the information that Cats: The Jellicle Ball, an off-Broadway hit relocates and recontextualizes the musical to the world of queer Ballroom tradition, staging the numbers within the context of a runway competitors, will make its technique to Broadway in Spring 2026.