#51
Posted: 12/16/14 at 3:59pm
Cameron Mackintosh is like obsessed with OLIVER! how many stage productions has he produced already and now he wants to do a pointless remake.
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#52
Posted: 12/16/14 at 4:02pm
Jeffrey, I would love nothing more than for them to cast an unknown as Kim and create a star. But that's not always how Hollywood works, unfortunately. 
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#53
Posted: 12/16/14 at 4:05pm
It's a safe bet that if they get box office names to play say, The Engineer and Chris and maybe even Ellen they would take a chance on casting an unknown in the role of Kim. Provided she is right vocally/physically/ethnically for it.
#54
Posted: 12/16/14 at 4:08pm
It would be cool if there was a documentary on casting Kim for a MISS SAIGON film, but we already got one when the musical was being made in 1988-89.
#55
Posted: 12/24/14 at 3:08pm
I wonder if Cameron is talking to Tom Hooper again for directing OLIVER! Eh maybe not...
#56
Posted: 12/25/14 at 7:59pm
Sally Murphy as Nancy
Tom McGovern Jr
#57
Posted: 7/2/15 at 7:36pm
The production will begin, next year! So, 2017-2018?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Grittier-OLIVER-Reboot-Headed-to-the-Big-Screen-Soon-20150702
#58
Posted: 7/2/15 at 7:45pm
Why oh why do the powers that be feel the need to remake classic films?
Not a musical but case in point was " The 10 Commandments". First they made that abysmal musical and than the Ridley Scott snorefest " Exodus - God & Kings".
Leave the classics alone please.
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#59
Posted: 7/2/15 at 10:14pm
The 10 Commandments also had a pretty forgettable TV adaptation, with Naveen "Sayid" Andrews as Pharaoh.
Then again, "The Prince of Egypt" holds up pretty well in terms of "same story, different adaptation." Much better than Exodus or the "Ten Commandments" musical.
Then again, "The Prince of Egypt" holds up pretty well in terms of "same story, different adaptation." Much better than Exodus or the "Ten Commandments" musical.
#60
Posted: 7/3/15 at 1:51am
This is so unnecessarily imo, especially since the film is way more popular than the stage production. How many people are gonna be itching to see this??
#61
Posted: 7/3/15 at 2:37am
Does "grittier" mean Fagin will again be played as a stereotypical Jew (which Ron Moody so conscientiously strove to avoid) or as a pedophile, which would be so au courant? Or will Nancy's beatings be visibly violent, cruel and bloody, which is certainly what Lionel Bart's Oliver! needs to be relevant?
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#62
Posted: 7/3/15 at 7:31am
Geoffrey Rush as Fagin.
Tom Hardy as Sykes.
Samantha Barks as Nancy.
That works for me.
#63
Posted: 7/3/15 at 7:49am
"Cameron Mackintosh is like obsessed with OLIVER! how many stage productions has he produced already and now he wants to do a pointless remake. "
CM owns Oliver (the musical), lock stock & barrel. I believe he loves the show, so would explain why he keeps churning out productions of it. Also the money men & woman who run the studios, love known 'franchises' (easier to sell).Providing they don't do an 'Annie' type remake. It might be interesting to see a grittier version. After all, nothing is set in aspic.
#64
Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:14am
Tom Hardy has already played Sykes in a TV adaption so not sure he would play the role again.
Agreed though it seems unnecessary and im not convinced theres an audience for it
#65
Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:16am
I have wanted a new Oliver! Film for a long time now. I know it's controversial but I feel they could do this live like Les Miserables. Sam for Nancy! :p
#66
Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:29am
Even if I had an itch to see this I wouldn't scratch it
ZERO interest in seeing them destroy a classic. Much like taking a sledgehammer to a classic corvette.
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#67
Posted: 7/29/15 at 5:52pm
Lotiloti, that's almost the exact same cast I picked, except that Rush is my second choice. Rowan Atkinson is my first. 
I've always wished I could have seen him play Fagin in London.
#68
Posted: 7/29/15 at 8:09pm
I wonder what this means for the potential OLIVER! LIVE TV production. I know that when talking about future Live musicals on TV, OLIVER! is usually on the top of the list.
#69
Posted: 7/29/15 at 8:42pm
Not really interested in a remake, but it'd be nice to see someone like Mark Ruffalo or Colin Firth as Fagin.
#70
Posted: 7/30/15 at 7:04pm
How about Gugu Mbatha Raw as Nancy? :)
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