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AIda the Musical Movie
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#25the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 9:08am^ Elton John's Score for Aida was one of the best scores of the 2000's.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Leia947
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/09
#26the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 9:50amHow bout we stick with Adam, Heather and Sherie? Mmmmkay? Thanx.
"Even I think that's hot, and I'm a straight guy. If I ever become gay he is the reason." - Drunk Chita Rivera on Gavin Creel
"Leia947 is my theatre mamma, and I love her for it." - AndAllThatJazz22
#27the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 10:42am
Thank you, papa.
I read the thread title "Alda" and assumed it was about a movie musical based on the life of the actor who played Hawkeye. Imagine my disappointment.
Wanting life but never knowing how
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#28the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 10:56amI've been saying Jackman as Radames for years!
#29the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:20am
Alicia Keys definitely has the singing and acting chops for Aida, as does Beyonce.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#30the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:50amI'd still like Brittany Murphy to play Amneris.
JoeGillis
Understudy Joined: 3/28/05
#31the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 12:42pmHow about Jessica Simpson for Amneris (shudders)
jarred03
Leading Actor Joined: 10/17/04
#32the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:43pm
Christina or Anne could work as Amneris, cuz Sherie and Idina both riff and trill and do all that diva ****. Amneris is supposed to be a diva.
Beyonce and Alicia, I love, but aren't black enough. I know that sounds crazy but she's a nubian princess, she should look it.
Hugh Jackman and Adam Pascal ARE TOO OLD, they could play the dad though.
Adam Lambert could possibly be Radames if he could toned down the screach and leave the gay and eyeliner at home.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#33the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:00pm
Anne Hathaway I don't think would work as Amneris; belting issues aside (IMO), she comes across as too smart.
I'd like Anika Noni Rose to play Aida.
Actually, I LOVE the idea of Adam Lambert as Radames.
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#34the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:42pm
Totally swooning at the idea of Adam being Radames! LOL
#35the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:50pm
Can Brittany Murphy sing?
If Zac Efron didn't want to stop doing movie musicals they would cast him as Mereb, I think.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#36the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:59pm
Yup, she was Gloria in Happy Feet. You can do a YT search for her singing either "Somebody to Love" or "Boogie Wonderland" in the film.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#37the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:05pmI like Brittany Murphy, but her career is going down the drain. Most of her movies go direct to video and she's already doing Lifetime flicks and Sci Fi Channel original movies. She has a better chance of being cast in a Broadway revival of Aida than a movie version.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#38the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:07pm
True, she wouldn't be a draw by herself, but I think she'd be okay if there were big enough stars with her.
Problem is that there aren't many celebrities I know of who have a powerful enough belt for Amneris.
Would Rashida Jones be a big enough name, you think? I love her voice.
fgreene1938
Leading Actor Joined: 10/25/06
#39the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:21pm
Oh, give me a break....if they make this in "Whore-li-wood" this is what the cast will look like:
AIDA: Jada Pinkett-Smith (lip-synched by Aretha Franklin and bankrolled in the part by her famous GUESS WHO)
RADAMES: David Archuleta (lip-synched by Corbin Bleu on speed with rotosynching to ensure vocal pitch is correct)
AMNERIS: Meryl Streep (lip-synched by no one and sued by the same producers who tried to have her vocals removed from the Mamma Mia soundtrack)
Can't wait for the DVD!!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#40the danger of capital letters
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:25pmI WISH Hollywood dubbed like that. :/
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
Bwayfan39
Stand-by Joined: 10/17/08
#42aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:00amI'm gonna have to second heather and sherie....but i think that adam can be replaced, he makes me want to break that CD in half.
#43aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:55am
IF this did happen...what about Fantasia as Aida? I haven't seen her act but some of you have and I don't remember if she is good or not.
EDIT: and if you put Adam as Radames, why don't we just make it an all American Idol movie and have Carrie Underwood or Diana DeGarmo be Amneris?
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Updated On: 6/20/09 at 11:55 AM
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#44aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 11:57am^ I'm not sure if I can picture that. SHe isn't Princess like.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#45aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:05pm
Actually, Carrie Underwood would probably be really good vocally. Question is, could she pull off the acting? Also, I think you need at least one actor who's a Hollywood celebrity, not just AI alumni.
Heather and Sherie are too old, I think.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#46aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:09pmI'm all for Katherine McPhee as Amneris.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#47aida movie
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:09pm
People would go see it just for Carrie (I would. I love her voice) but I have no idea about the acting.
I was kidding about the AI thing but I guess it would work.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#49aida movie
Posted: 10/3/09 at 1:23am
They won't keep the OBC. Name one successful movie musical in the last 20 years that kept the Broadway cast.
That's right, there are none.
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