Bono and The Edge talk Spider-Man

U2 singer Bono and guitarist The Edge talk about writing the songs for the upcoming Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark in a new video interview posted at the show's official website. The show, based on the classic Marvel Comics character that has also been the subject of three blockbuster movies, is slated to open on February 18th, 2010. Bono said about getting involved with the project, "We were open to the idea of musical theater, but Spider-Man, that's a different thing again, because that's comic books, and there's a whole series of relations between punk rock and rock bands and comic books, that goes back years."

The vocalist added that he and The Edge were eager to "mess with all these aspects of pop culture, put them in a blender and see what comes out on the other end."

The Edge also said that rock musicians could relate to the story of Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, explaining, "Every rock and roll star probably started out as the geek who got bullied on in school, and eventually their form of revenge was to write songs or learn to play guitar."

Tickets for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark go on sale June 24th for American Express cardholders, with general sales beginning on September 12th.

Evan Rachel Wood is slated to start as Spider-Man's love interest, Mary Jane Watson, but the webslinger himself has yet to be cast. Rumor has it that veteran actor Alan Cumming will take on the role of supervillain the Green Goblin.
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