Entertainment | Amelie Amélie Director: Musical 'Deeply Disgusts Me' Jean-Pierre Jeunet hates Broadway, approved project anyway By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 28, 2013 10:55 AM CDT Copied Emilie Dequenne and Jean-Pierre Jeunet arrive for the screening of the movie "Me and Orson Welles" at the 35th American Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, in Deauville, Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) The news that Amélie is being made into a Broadway musical was met with quite a bit of enthusiasm on Twitter, but one noteworthy person is not happy about it, the Los Angeles Times reports. The idea "deeply disgusts me," Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who directed the 2001 French film, tells a French radio station. "I absolutely loathe musical comedies, and I hate Broadway. I see it as tackiness incarnate." So why in the world did he approve the project? For the money, he says, which he will donate to a children's charity. "I can tell you that I won't go to see it, I don't want to hear about it, I won't listen to what they're creating," Jeunet continues. "But if it brings in money, maybe I can save some lives." Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Supreme Court ruling is a big blow to Planned Parenthood. Report an error