I could see them making Dear Evan Hansen a movie

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 9:30pm

 

Lot of the same cast too. But they should do it soon before Ben Platt gets too old looking. 

I actually wondered watching the show would it work even better on film. More intimate.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 9:36pm

I think that it would make a brilliant film and The Great Comet would also.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 9:37pm

Eh, Ben Platt's already too old-looking for the screen to play a HS student, imo. I feel like they would want to go for big names in the leads anyways if they ever made a movie. 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 9:41pm

GeorgeandDot said: "I think that it would make a brilliant film and The Great Comet would also.

 

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Comet is so uniquely theatrical that I don't think it would work in any other medium. I could see Hansen as a teen movie.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 9:49pm

Comet could easily be filmed as kind of a visual album.  It would have to embrace that theatrical aspect on screen as opposed to ignoring it.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:02pm

But there's a six year contract that doesn't allowed the musical to go to the big screen, right? So, we can't see DEH at a movie theater, at least, until 2022.

[KatVer]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:35pm

There was a really cool planned film for Great Comet back when it was at the tent. Never got the funding though.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegreatcomet/the-great-comet-an-independent-film

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:45pm

ABC can use it to relaunch their After School Specials

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:47pm

It seems like something HBO or Netflix would be into, though maybe not Netflix since they already have 13 reasons why. 

[LesWickedly]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:48pm

KatVer said: "There was a really cool planned film for Great Comet back when it was at the tent. Never got the funding though.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegreatcomet/the-great-comet-an-independent-film

 

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I'm sure if they tried to do it now with Groban, they could easily fund it, but a little too late now.

[coreman009]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:47am

Geez some Comet stans are just unnecessarily obnoxious. 

But anyway yeah, this would work great as a movie but unfortunately I doubt we'd see Ben Platt in it. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:56am

coreman009 said: "Geez some Comet stans are just unnecessarily obnoxious. 

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So are you. Geez.

 

Conversations drift...it happens.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:07am

If Ben Platt is too old to play Evan, I'm gonna need a job after college.

Hit me up, Pasek and Paul

[Babe_Williams]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:12am

I don't feel like it would translate well to the screen, especially the glaring plot holes and the problematic story.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:15am

Maybe Steven Levenson could go over the script, polish the flaws a bit.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:38pm

If this ever becomes a movie, I hope they rewrite that ending. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:40pm

Elfuhbuh, how exactly would you want it changed? The line where Zoe says Evan helped them, or change the entire ending

[coreman009]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:56pm

Elfuhbuh said: "If this ever becomes a movie, I hope they rewrite that ending. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

 

I suppose they could take out the part about saving the marriage, but I think overall the ending is great. It ends on a hopeful note. The ultimate personification of "It Gets Better". 

 

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/15/17 at 1:31am

MadsonMelo said: "But there's a six year contract that doesn't allowed the musical to go to the big screen, right? So, we can't see DEH at a movie theater, at least, until 2022.

 

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That may be common, but it's not a law. Unless it's set down in the partnership or royalty agreements, the producers can decide to make a film or television recording at any time. When I was a kid (Dark Ages) it was unheard of to make the film before the show closed, because the belief was that nobody would pay $5 to see a play when they could see the movie for $.50.

Time since has proved that isn't the case. Even a moderately successful film may cause a run on the theater box office. Theatre prices are so high that people want a guarantee that they will like the material before they invest hundreds of dollars in tickets.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 1:21pm

Oh I didn't know, I just remember that I read this about Matilda two or three years ago and as made sense, I thought it was a general rule.

[dianamorales]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 8:41pm

This would do well if it weren't a musical. I seriously doubt anyone outside of the theatre community would see a dramatic teen musical.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 9:26pm

dianamorales said: "This would do well if it weren't a musical. I seriously doubt anyone outside of the theatre community would see a dramatic teen musical.

 

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Yeah! All those people buying tickets that has this show sold out well into 2018 would never see the movie! Blasphemy! 

 

But really, if they were smart they'd film this with Platt after his departure to preserve his performance and release it at a later date. But that will never happen. 

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 9:28pm

Elfuhbuh said: "If this ever becomes a movie, I hope they rewrite that ending. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

I agree.  Like many on here I was just waiting for the final scene in which Evan is executed via firing squad due to his crimes against humanity.  Kid had it coming.

In all seriousness, I still don't understand what people expect for an ending.  I do think that the line about the marriage is odd even though I completely understand what it means (people are brought together over a common enemy.  The enemy being Evan of course) and maybe it shouldn't be there.  Anyways, it would translate fairly easily to film and I disagree with some on here that think Platt looks too old.  He really does still look like a high school senior.

 

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 9:43pm

GeorgeandDot said: "Elfuhbuh said: "If this ever becomes a movie, I hope they rewrite that ending. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

I agree.  Like many on here I was just waiting for the final scene in which Evan is executed via firing squad due to his crimes against humanity.  Kid had it coming.

In all seriousness, I still don't understand what people expect for an ending.  I do think that the line about the marriage is odd even though I completely understand what it means (people are brought together over a common enemy.  The enemy being Evan of course) and maybe it shouldn't be there.  

 

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I feel like this is a discussion that's been had one too many times, but my personal issue with it isn't the fact that he doesn't experience repercussions: in reality, many people don't and whether you think that's fair or not is your prerogative – that's where the moral ambiguity of the piece comes into play. 

For me it's the fact that after everything goes to (for lack of a better term) sh!t, the story just skips ahead to "and they all lived moderately happily ever after." I find it to be completely unsatisfying. You know what they say about "going out with a whimper, not a bang?" That's what it's always felt like to me. I get that they wanted to squeeze the "it gets better" message in there, but I think the show would have been much more powerful if they didn't do the time skip, and leave it on a note of more tentative hope rather than hitting us on the head with it. 

And not to bring up the whole "Next to Normal did it first and better" debacle again, but N2N did do the same ending first and arguably handled it better. But the betterness is just my personal opinion, of course. 

(And the "you saved my parents' marriage line," really should not be in there, or at least should be changed to something that doesn't make it sound like Zoë is justifying Evan's actions. I know that it isn't but something about the phrasing is undeniably uncomfortable.) 

Updated On: 6/16/17 at 09:43 PM

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 6/16/17 at 10:06pm

Interesting.  So the problem that a lot of people are having with the book is that there isn't a clear and defined moral?  I always thought that there wasn't really a moral, but rather a major theme that was overhanging the whole show.  Isn't the show about us feeling so lonely and lost in a world of social media that we cling to tragedies in order to make us feel like a part of a greater whole?  I've always thought that, that was what Evan sings about in Words Fail.  There isn't a clear moral takeaway other than if you're you, you don't need to lie and force yourself to be part of something.  That's what I took away from the show and that's what I'm pretty sure they wanted everyone to take away.  The publicity department has fallen down on the job by making #Youwillbefound seem like the moral, when it clearly is not.

I kind of agree that the tacked on ending seems a bit odd.  It didn't bother me too much, but I could see where that maybe could have been handled better.  I think the point is that high school seems so important while we're there, but once we get out into the real world none of that matters and your life will become better, so by showing a time jump from So Big/So Small to the final scene, I think they were trying to show that idea.  Frankly, I wish the conversation at the end wasn't between Zoe and Evan but rather Connor's mother and Evan at the Orchard.  I think that it would allow for a more emotional wrap up and I think would just be more satisfying.