Glenn Close wants to start 'Sunset' movie by the end of this year — Page 2

Theatrefanboy1 said: "See I guess joe would really be up in the air. While TImothee Chalamet would be around the correct age. In contrast to Glenn they would need someone like Patrick Wilson. Unless they really wanted to play up on the age gap "

Hugh Jackman would probably be a good choice if she ever does get to film it; she’s still older than him. I think his character would also be more sympathetic, since he’d be a 50 year old struggling writer as opposed to someone in his thirties. I guess he could be a has-been, looking for another chance. That might actually make it viable. Age them both.


Whether it ever gets made is another matter. I can see this in a double bill with Streisand’s Gypsy. Such a shame these didn’t get serious attention when they were the right age, whatever that is.

CarlosAlberto said: "A Director said: "The movie version of JCS BOMBED.

The movie version of Phantom BOMBED.

The movie version of CATS BOMBED.

Glenn, let's make if Four For Four."

Norman Jewison's 1973 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's groundbreaking rock opera, "Jesus Christ Superstar" did NOT bomb. It grossed 24.5 million at the box office against an estimated 3.5 million dollar budget. It earned approximately 10.8 million dollars in USA box office rentals.

It was one of the most successful movie musicals of the 1970s.

It ranked #11 in the top 20 box office hits of 1973 right behind "Serpico".

Do your homework before spreading erroneous information."

Also, the “four for four” only works if you conveniently leave out Evita which grossed $141m in 1996 dollars. (And the soundtrack sold a boatload for a nearly sung-through movie musical album.)

Call_me_jorge said: "This video just really made me want David Corenswet as Joe"

I'm not familiar with him, but he's adorable.

Has Paramount Studio announced this as a film project yet? They own the film rights to the original movie and that was the supposed major reason why the film adaptation of the musical version did not get a foothold. If I remember correctly, Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that any film project will need Paramount's agreement.

Musical Master said: "I would love to see Catherine Zeta-Jones as Norma, Chris Pine (whose vocals have improved a lot since Into The Woods) as Joe, ."

I like the idea of Chris Pine, what has he sung lately though?

David10086 said: "As for 'Sunset' there is only one line which mentions her age as being fifty - which can easily be changed to 'seventy' and no one would be any wiser. I do hope this gets on track and gets moving. Close or Streisand - I wouldn't mind either (though Meryl Streep will probably ended up doing it, of course)."

Except that if she's 70 in 1950 then Max could not have been directing her early pictures when she was "barely 16" as she would have then been in her teens in the 1890s. We would have to believe that Norma was an ingenue when she would have been in her 40s during the height of her career in the 1920s, and realistically wouldn't have made her first movie until she was in her mid-30s.

Here is the de-aging CGI used on 64 year old Paul Reubens in order to make him look like Pee Wee Herman, circa early 1980s, which he played in his early/mid 30s.

If this movie happens, at least dub in someone who can sing the role.

The character of Norma Desmond is "50" (give or take a few years.) That really is not negotiable if the film is set in 1950 as written -- and this is simply based on the historical timeline of the invention of motion pictures, and what the script says about the character (she was 16 when she made her first film). As a reference point, the character of Norma is inspired by, most obviously, Gloria Swanson (born 1899) with some hints of Lillian Gish (born 1893) who made her first film with DW Griffith in 1912, when movies truly "were born"

So as a matter of semantics, Norma 'could' be as old as maybe 57, maybe even 60 if they set the film a few years later (1953 is about the last possible year that gels with the story's vision of 'current' Hollywood) but that would be the absolute oldest age the character can be that makes any sense.

But, the debate really isn't about changing Norma's age but about how convincingly Close can play that age on film. I don't think they would feel the need to do much CGI on this kind of project - except perhaps if they showed Norma in flashback. As has been talked about exhaustively in other threads, the age of fifty on a woman looked different in an era before cosmetic procedures, sunscreen and the limiting of alcohol and cigarettes. I think Close physically can pull off the part on film without a problem. I just feel like there are other actresses who, at this point, would be more exciting in the part and make more sense.

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I don't really see why she would need much CGI. If you look at her during last year's awards season, between makeup and work she's already had done, she could definitely pass for someone in her 50s. But I can imagine the stamina to do a movie musical, especially if they sing it live - which they'd probably have to considering it's not a song-and-dance show - could be pretty taxing.