Ryan Murphy Says GLEE Spinoff Possible; Wants Lea Michele in FUNNY GIRL

In the short amount of time since GLEE hit the airwaves, the series has racked up two Platinum and two Gold albums, two Grammy Award nominations, more than 22 million song downloads, the No. 1 soundtrack of 2010 ("The Christmas Album") and an incredible 19 Emmy and 11 Golden Globe nominations, as well as four Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes, including the award for Best Television Series Comedy or Musical. The critically acclaimed "Glee Live! In Concert!," starring 14 members of the television show's cast, are returning to North American concert stages during their tour.

The creator of GLEE is Ryan Murphy, who tells TV Line that he's eyeing a spinoff of the hugely popular series. "It's an interesting idea," he says. "The questions are ‘How would we do it? And when would we do it?' It would have to be something I would talk about to Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly and Dana Walden and Gary Newman. What we're trying to do now - maybe those discussions will happen around December - we're just now trying to do the first 10 episodes."

GLEE star Lea Michele, who's reported to be "graduating" at the end of the third season, was in talks for the upcoming FUNNY GIRL revival. "I keep saying that with the new Funny Girl revival, they should just say it's Rachel Berry in Funny Girl - get Lea to do that, but as Rachel Berry," Murphy says. "It would be a crowd-pleaser."

GLEE follows an optimistic teacher who - against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - inspires McKinley High's Glee Club to conquer the world one singing competition at a time. GLEE stars Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz.

GLEE is produced by Ryan Murphy Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are co-creators of the series. Murphy, Falchuk and Dante di Loreto serve as executive producers, while Ian Brennan serves as co-executive producer.

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