http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/rent-set-as-foxs-next-931551
OMG whaaaaattt?!?!?!?! This makes me really nervous. Well, excited AND scared...
Wow, overload on the live show announcements this week! Excited for all of them. I hope they cast them well.
Swing Joined: 5/12/17
I'm actually pretty pumped for this, but I definitely don't want to speak too soon...
Featured Actor Joined: 9/1/14
I know it won't happen but I would love Rachel Bloom for Maureen.
I feel like this is a weird pick for something on cable TV that has to be censored. My hope is that they don't cut the swears and just beep them out on TV but leave them in for the DVD...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
YES!!
Okay, I don't even care if she's now a little on the oldish side to be playing her- I highkey need me some Naya Rivera as Mimi in my life! I've been wanting to hear her do Out Tonight since at least Season 2 of Glee haha. Pleeease Fox make it happen!
Also a hard YES on Ben Platt as Mark :)
There's no way this will be anything other than a colossal disaster.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
It's FOX. They F*ck everything up. Rent? Live? On Fox? In prime time with children watching?
Nope.
Please cast that Frozen girl, reNt , and maybe the rest of them from the movie
Lea Michele is the only person who should play Mimi.
Marc Platt is producing. I need Ben as Mark. (I also like the idea of Darren Criss as Roger)
Updated On: 5/12/17 at 06:26 PMBroadway Star Joined: 5/5/17
They should bring back the original cast! OBC 4EVA!
Seriously though, just keep Chris Columbus away from this.
Chorus Member Joined: 5/2/17
thirtythirtyninety said: "OMG whaaaaattt?!?!?!?! This makes me really nervous. Well, excited AND scared.."
Why would it make you nervous?!!?
Annaleigh Ashford can reprise her performance as Maureen, right? Right????
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/16
Jordan Catalano said: "Lea Michele is the only person who should play Mimi.
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Lea's not Latina, and with such a large pool of talented actresses to choose from I really hope they pick a Latina actress. I'd love to see her as Maureen though!
Lea Michele is going to another network this fall, I believe ABC.
After the Rocky Horror debacle, I can't imagine this is going to be good. Frankly I'm just annoyed FOX keeps going for all the shows that have been filmed and/or adapted to movies previously and have a heavy built-in audience. I know they'll throw a whole lot of money at it, but I find the choices lazy.
But she NEEDS to play a Latina
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lea-michele-gutted-not-to-get-cast-as-latina-character-in-west-side-story/amp
Who the **** needs another Rent?
Wow, no thank you. I can't imagine this being any less of a disaster than Rocky Horror was.
I really hated their remake of Rocky Horror (who wouldn't?) but I'm not writing this off yet. Besides the language and probably Contact, I'm sure they'll be just fine with the content. Even though Rocky Horror was terrible, it wasn't overly sanitized and that is quite a bit more questionable as far as content goes. Then add in their spectacular direction of Grease and I'm incredibly interested.
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