Casting for Chess Movie?

[Arch4815]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 9:10pm

So I keep on thinking about casting for a possible chess the musical film. So I've thought of Emmy rossum as Florence. And mabye Seth McFarland as the American but any one els have ideas? 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 9:12pm

Ah yes, because Emmy Rossum is so well-known for her powerful belt.

(And I say this as a huge fan - her acting in Shameless is nearly unparalleled on television currently)

[bk]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 9:19pm

What Chess movie?  There is no Chess movie.  If you're having a Fantasyland moment, you should make that clear in your thread title.

[Arch4815]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 9:21pm

My bad should have been more clear. I'm incredibly interested in film making so I was just wondering 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 9:33pm

this musical is one that i cherish but is unfortunately nowhere in the realm of possibility for adaptation as a film. if it were some kind of stage revival I'd like to see Alexandra Socha as Florence, i think she'd be terrific.

[hork]

Posted: 4/28/17 at 11:51pm

It's been my dream for 20 years to make a Chess movie. I originally thought Jon Bon Jovi as Freddie and Mandy Patinkin as Anatole, but now they're too old so I dunno. 

Updated On: 4/28/17 at 11:51 PM

[HanonO]

Posted: 4/29/17 at 3:48pm

I think Chess works great as a concert or a high-tech modern opera, but there's there's almost nothing really cinematic about it. Lots of standing and singing which is hard to make work on screen. The book written for Broadway is almost superfluous. 

[hork]

Posted: 4/29/17 at 4:26pm

^ I agree, to an extent. There are some songs, like "Merano" and "Mountain Duet," that would work beautifully on-screen. But there are several gaps in my mental Chess movie, where I have no idea how it would work.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 4/29/17 at 4:54pm

I remember having read a screenplay based on a combination of the Broadway version and the concept album several years ago. I thought it was actually quite good. I wish I could find it again; it was in a slush pile where I worked at the time.