SpringAwakening Director McG (Terminator: Salvation) is in talks to turn Broadway rock musical Spring Awakening into a feature film.

The musical is set in 19th-century Germany, following a group of teens discovering their sexuality and dealing with various topics like masturbation, abortion, rape and suicide.

The musical is based on an 1891 German play; it was developed by Sater and rocker Duncan Sheik who turned it into a runaway Broadway success.

Broadway star Hunter Parrish of the Tony Award winning “Spring Awakening,” has joined the cast of Paper Go to fullsize imageMan. A comedy about the coming-of-middle-age that chronicles the unlikely friendship between a failed author (Jeff Daniels) and a Long Island high school girl (Emma Stone) who teaches him about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and imaginary superhero friend according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Parrish takes on the role of the girl’s 18-year-old working-class boyfriend. Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow are also in the cast. Parrish can be seen on Showtime’s “Weeds’ and opposite Zac Efron in 17 Again.