Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
re: Spiderman Open Calls#4
Posted: 7/15/08 at 7:19pm
what happened to Jim Sturgess?? There goes... quite a bit of my interest in the show! haha
I still have some interest, seeing as Julie IS still directing it, but. Yeah. Jim was a BIG draw for me, and now it sounds as though he won't be in it!
re: Spiderman Open Calls#5
Posted: 7/15/08 at 7:39pmJim Sturgess would be a perfect Peter Parker. I didnt even know that was ever a consideration. Damn,.. now I want Jim Sturgess!!
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
re: Spiderman Open Calls#7
Posted: 7/15/08 at 9:56pm
"Do you think Julie will be at these calls?"
No, it's not an Equity call and the casting agent Telsey & Company will handle it.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#8
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:00amI'm surprised how they are casting the roles so young. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst definitely did not seem like they were in the age range of 16-20 in the movies.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#9
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:12amWhen I first saw the story on playbill I was bracing myself for another reality show.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#10
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:14amOmens. One of the producers, I understand, died at the contract signing.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#11
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:16amWhere is batman the musical?
re: Spiderman Open Calls#12
Posted: 7/16/08 at 12:21amI've a feeling this is gonna fly right of Broadway just like Tarzan.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#13
Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:27am
"Where is batman the musical?"
There was actually an episode of Batman Beyond about that. Terry took Bruce to see the show and Bruce wasn't impressed.
"I didnt even know that was ever a consideration."
Jim did the reading along with his Across the Universe costar, Evan Rachel Wood, as Mary Jane.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
re: Spiderman Open Calls#14
Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:32am
I have heard the demo.....and man oh man I hope its improved since.
Akiva
re: Spiderman Open Calls#15
Posted: 7/16/08 at 4:02amYou can just smell what that crock is cooking.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#16
Posted: 7/16/08 at 4:54am
Where is batman the musical?
Steinman never finished it. Which is a shame, I liked what he had, but I think he's missed his window. It would've tied in a lot better with the Burton idea of Batman than the Nolan idea.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Spiderman Open Calls#17
Posted: 7/16/08 at 9:57am
"Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst definitely did not seem like they were in the age range of 16-20 in the movies."
I may be mistaken, since I haven't seen the movies in a while, but I believe in their first movie they were in their senior year of high school. So looking for someone around the age of 16-20 isn't that far off from the plot of the movie, even though Tobey McGuire and Kirstin Dunst looked older.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#18
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:15am
[i]I have heard the demo.....and man oh man I hope its improved since. [/i]
The demo that's going around isn't actually the demo for the Julie Taymor production. Thank god. If you go on castalbums.com, you can see that there's two different Spider-man musicals, and what's been going around as the demo is not for the Taymor production.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#19
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:16am
i wonder if there would be a song for that upside down kiss scene.
and if the guy has to sing it, while suspended upside down.
re: Spiderman Open Calls#20
Posted: 7/16/08 at 11:35am
I don't think I'm even going to mention this one to my daughter.
While I thought she was right for "Spring Awakening," i don't think this would be as good a fit.
Anyway, she went to an open call for Ang Lee's Woodstock movie filming in Columbia County and according to her mom, they liked her a lot. She'd be an extra and has no idea if or when she'll be called, but it's promising...
re: Spiderman Open Calls#21
Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:03pm
Am I really the only one who still has SOME interest in this thing?
I mean... aside from the fact that the unbelievably brilliant Julie Taymor is directing, can you really go that wrong with a score by Bono? (not sure about The Edge- never heard anything by them haha)
The main thing I'm worried about is the book. But it's just it's got one of the best directors and one of the best musicians going for it.. so I'm still inclined to believe it might just be pretty darn impressive after all.
I'm still sad about Jim not doing it though- he was the third part of what was making me actually excited about it! As long as they cast well, though, I'll still give it a chance. It could be terrible, but.. it might just not be!
re: Spiderman Open Calls#22
Posted: 7/16/08 at 1:17pmI won't be able to go to the open call but I'll send in my stuff for the heck of it...
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
re: Spiderman Open Calls#23
Posted: 7/16/08 at 4:36pm
"can you really go that wrong with a score by Bono?"
YES!
Bono writes some nice stuff....
but Bono also writes some really terrible ****!
re: Spiderman Open Calls#24
Posted: 7/16/08 at 5:12pmDoes anyone know who the villian is going to be. Is it going to be like the movie with Green Goblin? Im hoping it will be more comic related with a different villian..sinster six possibly?
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