CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway

I could actually see that.

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Whatever, I would see it.

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I think we are more forgiving of Billy because he's a young man with anger issues and a good heart. Even then, it's always a very fine line for the actor to play it right.

Make him older (especially with a girlfriend half his age) and I think the violence is going to upstage the redemption.

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"I don't think that Anne Hathaway has a fantastic voice, but I suppose she's good for Hollywood standards. "

I agree, and I still do not get why people rave over her... She is good, yes, well, mediocre at best

As much as I adore Hugh Jackman, I think Billy's extreme youth is central to his character. His immaturity only adds to his anger issues.

DV's actually about control, not anger. I would argue that Billy was trying to assert some control over Julie because he couldn't control other aspects of his life.

But, yeah, he is pretty angry as well.

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It's a terrible idea for a movie re-make, for so many reasons.

This is the first thing I thought when I saw them singing since Hugh has a "Carousel" movie in development (I assume it still is). Anne said in a recent interview that she's theater trained.

>>>This is the first thing I thought when I saw them singing since Hugh has a "Carousel" movie in development (I assume it still is).<<<

Hope so. At the time when it was first announced as a project for his production company, with Fox support, Hugh said that they wanted to contemporize the original musical.

Her vibrato sounded better on the Oscars than usual to me.

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I saw that Seacrest interview, too. It follows after Variety reported that the CAROUSEL remake is now high priority on FOX 2000 film projects. Also interesting to note that they have updated the script ( written by David MaGee, who wrote the screenplay adaptation for FINDING NEVERLAND, for which MaGee received an Oscar nomination). Variety reports, "keeps the timeless spirit of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, but injects relevance for a contemporary audience."

Hopefully, the musical will appeal to modern moviegoers and that this recent Entertainment Weekly survey on the appeal of Hugh's new projects supports a good potential for the movie --

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/hugh-jackman-wo.html?cid=152516309#comment-152516309

Wolverine Sequel ( Japan) - 35%
Carousel - 31%
Return to Broadway in Houdini - 25%
Others - 8%


Hugh seems eager to get if off the ground now - he has said he wants to film it within 12 months, presumably before he returns to Broadway for HOUDINI.

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 10:04 PM

I agree with you about DRIVE, as I have also read the novella by James Sallis. Hugh calls it a film noir type of story and has said that he is impressed with the screenplay adaptation that has been recently completed ( by H. Amini).

If I am not mistaken, while he has not mentioned the actual filming start, he has mentioned during the WOLVERINE promo tour that he would also like to shoot the movie before the return to Broadway. Initially, there was already a director attached to it ( Neil Marshall) and Universal has picked up the project, but I am not sure if Mr. Marshall is still proceeding with it.

It could be a gem of a movie, with an indie vibe...and may even unexpectedly get some Oscar buzz, if done right.

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 10:41 PM