Robbie's monkey business

Star's film lined up for West End spin-off inspired by Paddington

- MARK JEFFERIES

ROBBIE Williams' smash hit biopic Better Man is being transformed into a West End show.

The film is up for a Bafta tomorrow and the movie's co-writer and director Michael Gracey says plans are already afoot for the move - including the chimpanzee main character - to head on to the stage as a musical.

He cites the popular family film Paddington, which is coming to London's theatreland later this year, as an inspiration.

Michael said: "One of the most amazing things that you're going to see next year is a production of Paddington that is going to be on stage in the West End.