Confirmed! Julia Roberts & Mark Ruffalo to Star in THE NORMAL HEART for HBO; Directed by Ryan Murphy for 2014

[Rob]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:13pm

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[Jordan Catalano]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:16pm

HBO?! AWESOME NEWS!!!!

[Jordan Catalano]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:18pm

RYAN MURPHY?!

Not so awesome news.

[Kelly2]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:34pm

Julia Roberts...uck. Still can't wait to see this though.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[Jordan Catalano]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:37pm

Oh, please. Julia is going to be fantastic as always.

I'm so sick of people trashing her just because it's what all the cool kids are doing.

[Kelly2]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:41pm

LOL. I don't think it's cool to trash her, I've just never truly enjoyed her in anything. Not my taste. I still don't think she'll be terrible, I just would've preferred someone else.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[bobs3]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:42pm

HOW DARE THEY NOT CAST LAURA OSNES OR ANNALIESE VAN DER POL?????!!!!!!!

By the way, that's sarcasm, Sheldon!

[Will42]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:44pm

For some reason I always thought it would be a feature film and not for made for TV movie.

[Jordan Catalano]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:45pm

That was te original plan.

[Will42]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 5:56pm

Interesting. Come to think of it, maybe it would work better that way.

[faithzilla]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:00pm

Too bad Ryan Murphy destroys all that he touches. Sigh.

[jimmycurry01]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:02pm

Count me in the few who are content with Ryan Murphy. I am no fan of glee, but I love American Horror Story, and enjoyed what little I saw of Nip/Tuck. He has had some misses, but I think he can handle it.

[Rodgerdodger]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:23pm

Count me as cautiously optimistic. I like American Horror Story and (parts of) Glee, but never saw Running With Scissors or Eat, Pray, Love.

[dramamama611]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:24pm

I'm more worried about Murphy than Roberts. And I like Roberts, I'm just not sure THIS is right for her.

That being said, I will look forward to this as I truly loved this play.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[TheatreFan4]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 9:31pm

I think that Ryan Murphy does better with SHORT things. It's why people like American Horror Story, it's a new show every year. It's why people like the first season of Glee, because he hadn't get around to ****ing with it for his own amusement.

[JP2]

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Posted: 1/4/13 at 10:30pm

First 2 seasons of Nip/Tuck were incredible. Then...

[faithzilla]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 2:51am

I don't hate American Horror Story or even Glee, but I think he's got a nice team of writers keeping him afloat. It seems that the episodes Murphy does most of the writing/directing on are suddenly way worse than the rest of the series, IMO.

I haven't seen Running with Scissors but Eat Pray Love was a train wreck.

[Will42]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:11am

So true. Nip/Tuck started of as one off the best series on TV.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:35am

If you haven't seen RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, keep it that way, it's not even worth watching in a "so bad it's good" kinda way, it's one of the most pointless, uninspired, stale movies I have ever seen.
The cast could do wonders with the material, the director will ruin it.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[willep]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 2:58pm

I thought we knew all of that (Roberts, Ruffalo, Murphy, TV movie, HBO) ages ago...

[luvtheEmcee]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 3:11pm

I love this play more than I can say, too much to be okay with this. Which sounds backwards, I should be glad it's getting made, but no. I hope everything about how I imagine this ending up is wrong, and that it somehow turns out well. It has a Kramer-written screenplay and the possibility of a great Ned going for it, if Murphy doesn't f*ck those up.

I'm trying to remember how much I love the HBO Angels in America film, but that was in much more capable hands, and ultimately the distribution can't compensate for that.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 1/5/13 at 03:11 PM

[rosscoe(au)]

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Posted: 1/5/13 at 4:43pm

Why Jebus Why, I mean really come on, Ryan Murphy. The man should never be allowed to write or direct anything with homos in it ever again.

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[Rudy2]

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Posted: 1/6/13 at 4:03am

I wish it would be Ellen Barkin - or, you know, someone who can act.

2010

Feb. 28 - Looped, Feb. 28 - Next to Normal, March 4 - Hair, March 11 - A Little Night Music, March 24 - Time Stands Still, April 6 - La Cage Aux Folles, April 10 - Anyone Can Whistle (City Center), April 10 - Looped, May 9 - Enron, May 15 - A Little Night Music, May 15 - A Behanding In Spokane, May 30 - A Behanding In Spokane, May 30 - A Little Night Music, June 20 - A Little Night Music, June 23 - Red, June 23 - Sondheim on Sondheim, July 13 - A Little Night Music, July 18 - The Grand Manner (Lincoln Center)

[Mildred Plotka]

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Posted: 1/6/13 at 12:49pm

I have a feeling Murphy may surprise people. It's not his original creation (nor a series requiring long-term consistency) and he seems very passionate about the project. Roberts isn't ideal casting, but Ruffalo should be great and a strong supporting cast should help.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

[Jordan Catalano]

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Posted: 1/6/13 at 12:54pm

"I wish it would be Ellen Barkin - or, you know, someone who can act."

Oh, shut up. Seriously, just shut up.

Moron.