They're obviously looking for a distributor, bk, but the project is very real. I don't know how in the world you could open up the story and convey the difference in time progression successfully on film, but Richard LaGravenese has been working on the script for close to two years. Jason Robert Brown's been alluding to the movie adaptation without mentioning LaGravenese's name for some time, so I'm surprised it's taken this long to leak. The issue in the way of getting the green-light (per JRB) was always getting name actors for the two leads, and now that Kendrick opened PITCH PERFECT to pretty significant success, I'm not surprised she's who they went after.
My money's on Joseph Gordon-Levitt ending up as Jamie, though that's based purely on my own internal logic and not on any inside information. He and Kendrick were pretty incredible opposite one another in 50/50, and that kind of intense chemistry is crucial for subject matter as intimate as this. Besides, considering he's rumored to be developing a remake of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Gordon-Levitt certainly seems interested in exploring doing a musical on screen. This would be the perfect vehicle for him.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/22/12 at 01:23 AM