Singer David Bowie has denied reports he has given permission for his songs to be used in a musical version of his 1976 film The Man Who Fell To Earth.
The Sun said last week Bowie was teaming up with "top director" Peter Schaufuss on the project.
But Bowie's record company RZO Music said on his website it had licensed "absolutely no material" to the Danish theatre impresario.
Bowie has dismissed the story as "absolute toss".
"I have no idea who Peter Schaufuss is either," he said in a posting on his website.
'Unauthorised'
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Nicolas Roeg's film version starred Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, the humanoid alien.
Bowie's representatives said they are close to the Walter Tevis estate and have "first-hand knowledge" they have not licensed musical rights to Schaufuss.
They also claimed the production's advertising "appears to be utilising an unauthorised name and likeness of Mr Bowie".
"We will seek injunctions, if necessary, to stop their use," their statement continued.
Diana musical creator
A website for a stage musical inspired by The Man Who Fell To Earth says it will be "landing on Broadway soon".
It is unclear whether this is the same production Mr Schaufuss is alleged to be working on.
Schaufuss, a former director of the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), set up his own company, the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, in 1997.
Since then he has created 17 productions, among them a controversial dance piece based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Satisfaction, another dance piece based around the music of the Rolling Stones, was staged in London's West End last year.
(BBC)
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