And The Director Of Wicked (Movie) Will Be... — Page 3

"Alfonso Cuaron would make a terrific WICKED. I'd pay to see that."

Thank you! If any "Harry Potter" film director were to do it he'd be my choice.

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i think it would actually be refreshing to see some movie musicals with actors that can actually sing!

get some talented broadway actors into this please

im sick of movie musicals being edited like crazy

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"I am sure it will be visually amazing. Baz will make sure of it. Although I hope the visual aspects don't drown out the screenplay."


*cough* not like it's already like this on Broadway.

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And to those STILL attacking Chris Columbus' film-version of RENT. You ARE aware that Jonathan Larson's family was fully in control of the film AND of ALL the changes being done in it. If you're going to attack anyone... it should be them for allowing Jonathan Larson's work to be tarnished, etc.

Uhh, that still sounds awful. Pretty much you're saying he decided to attach his name to something he had no control over?
In his defense, ReNt was a better film than..mm...Home Alone 2!

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Okay, how the hell did I miss that a Wicked movie went from a bunch of fangirls spreading rumors to actually being in the works?!

I'd take the Tim Burton version over the Rob Marshall version:

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Elphaba
Renee Zellwegger as Glinda
Richard Gere as the Wizard
Hayden Christensen as Fiyero

Edited by Cuisinart
Cinematography and sound recording by Helen Keller

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Roscoe's casting was for the Rob Marshall version.

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I loved Moulin Rouge, so I think Wicked will turn out pretty good. However, it will be so hard visualizing it as a movie.. the Act 1 finale in particular will be tricky to portray on film

"And to those STILL attacking Chris Columbus' film-version of RENT. You ARE aware that Jonathan Larson's family was fully in control of the film AND of ALL the changes being done in it. If you're going to attack anyone... it should be them for allowing Jonathan Larson's work to be tarnished, etc.

Chris Columbus could have suggested anything he pretty damn well pleased but it was Jonathan Larson's family that had to ALLOW him to go thru with them. The Larson clan supported ALL of Chris Columbus' changes. "

That's bull****. The Larson family are not, and have never claimed to be artists. Chris Columbus does claim to be an artist. Even in working with them, his job was to create an interesting and engaging movie. He failed to do so.

Soooo off-topic.

Um, yay Baz Luhrmann. (And Roscoe, is it really wrong that my first thought when I read "Fiyero: Hayden Christensen" was "That would be hot". Wooden and awful, but hot.)

"Holy Crap! Baz will actually give this movie some depth... I might actually go see the "film" now."

Depth? LOL. Luhrmann couldn't find depth in the Grand Canyon. His films are sloppy, melodramatic, overrated, and ridiculous. It was painful watching Moulin Rouge. The writing was awful, the songs did not progress the plot and the story was unoriginal. Remember this is the guy that destroyed Puccini's masterpiece La Boheme.

Get Peter Jackson to do musical and I might show up.

I hope Winnie 's book is brought more clearer on screen.

LOL

Actually Australia is getting mixed reviews to those who are claiming it's getting mostly horrible reviews. i think Luhrman would be a great choice. He is good at creating different worlds and wicked is for sure a different world.

Updated On: 11/28/08 at 03:23 AM

I think Luhrman is a great choice, but I would have prefered Kevin Lima, who directed "Enchanted".

I hope that Menzel reprises her career-defining role on screen and Amy Adams plays Glinda (though I wouldn't complain were it Chenoweth). I would also love to see Dustin Hoffman play the Wizard, and Amanda Seyfried play Nessarose.