Screen hunk Antonio Banderas, 40, whose last big movie was 2001's "Spy Kids," is taking an unusual career turn -- and a kick step. Variety reports that he is going to Broadway, where he will make his New York stage debut in a January 2003 revival of the 1982 Tony-winning musical "Nine." The show is based on real-life Italian movie director Federico Fellini's classic quasi-autobiographical 1963 film, "8-1/2," about a filmmaker named Guido Anselmi and his colorful daydreams about his art and his women (mostly about his women, from his wife and his leading ladies to his mother and his mistresses). One of the conceits of the show is that Guido is the only male member of the cast. Although this will be Banderas's first time on Broadway, he is no stranger to the stage, having started in theater before making movies in his native Spain. The late Raul Julia ("The Kiss of the Spider Woman") originally played Guido on Broadway, in the role made famous in the movie by Marcello Mastroianni. Despite being named best musical of 1982 -- beating out Michael Bennett's more popular "Dreamgirls" for the top Tony award -- audiences of the time did not find "Nine" particularly accessible, despite its flashy production numbers by director-choreographer Tommy Tune. David Leveaux will direct this revival, says Variety, and the production will take place at the Roundabout Theater Co., which recently produced an uneven revival of Claire Booth Luce's "The Women," starring Jennifer Tilly, Kristen Johnston ("3rd Rock from the Sun") and Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City").