Woody Allen is keeping a promise he made over three years ago.

The 72 year-old director is set to produce an opera. Yes, an opera.

Why not???

Allen will be collaborating with The Exorcist director William Friedkin.

Apparently, Friedkin is a well-known opera lover who has directed productions in Tel Aviv, Turin, Florence, and Los Angeles.

As for Allen he says, "I made this promise to do it three years ago and I thought I'd be dead in three years and it's never gonna happen so I said, 'OK.' Then, I didn't die and the time came and so I started work on this opera on Tuesday."

At least he was honest about making the promise thinking he'd be dead by now.

Allen, Friedkin, and one more director are working on Gianni Schicchi, the third part of Giacomo Puccini's Il Trittico.

However, Allen doesn't seem too optimistic about this project.

He says, "I'll give it my best shot … but I really don't know what to expect. The opera is unlike the movies; they boo. I've been disliked but from a distance, but this is different."

Let's hope it doesn't suck too hard.

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