Jamie Foxx in talks for Dreamgirls

If they are talking about Curtis, I think Jamie Foxx would be a good choice. Sure. Why not. He's hot right now after the Oscar win, and he sings well.

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From what I've heard about the show (I'm ashamed to say I don't know it at all), he's a good choice.

The Beyonce rumor came from WENN, which really can't be trusted an inch. I think there's a chance she'll be cast as Deena, but there hasn't been anything substantiated or even semi-substantiated to indicate that this is the case.

Updated On: 3/2/05 at 01:54 PM

Oh Plum...even if it came from WENN, we all know she's the logical choice (whether she signs on or not is another story entirely).

Foxx would make a really great Curtis. He would make the PERFECT Jimmy, though.

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Ha rlbgbc! Have you seen The Trip? Billy was sick at the concert, so don't go by that. And I'm sure Judy Garland's purse fell out at some point in the evening. It sold on Ebay the next day.

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Just like CHICAGO, right Ms. Hausen?

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Well...I guess it's all a matter of taste, but I did not think any choice made regarding the filming of CHICAGO ruined it.

As for DREAMGIRLS, the comparison to POTO is specious at best. Opinion-wise, the material is leaps and bounds ahead of POTO. It also deals in very modern sounds, unlike POTO. And the most important part is the fact that the original production, as staged by Michael Bennett, was incredibly cinematic.

It's the perfect musical to adapt to film. Sure, Condon may f*ck it up. But I'm not betting against it right now.

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Condon will do a fine job. He's got a fine track record.

Taking out the "Mary Sunshine is a man" plot twist was a great, great idea. That is such a 1970s approach toward drag - as comedy and little more.

I agree regarding Mary Sunshine. It's funny on stage because it's a vaudeville theme, but it would have been severely out of place in the setting that the movie was in.

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It's very VERY VERY difficult to pull off convincing drag in a movie. You also lose the novelty of the role, because the song would have been dubbed. So, the visceral 'OH MY GOD A MAN SANG THAT HIGH LIVE AND IN FRONT OF ME' is gone.

Marshall found an incredibly simple and incredibly brilliant signifier of the Hunyak's innocence: the white handkerchief.

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I'm not sure of your point...or, rather, not sure that your point is really, truly meaningful. I mean...show business is canabalistic. Each medium steals from the other. Should we do the converse and say 'Broadway doesn't deserve great works like Hairspray, The Producers, The Full Monty, et al'?

CHICAGO was brilliantly reconceived. And some musicals were even improved upon (SOUND OF MUSIC and OLIVER! both were greatly aided by their cinematography). I'm just not convinced that your argument holds water.

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i think the decision to change the character of "mary sunshine" in the film version of "chicago" was a wise one.
and as robbie j pointed out the hunyak's innocence was displayed by showing her pull out the white handkerchief during the "cell block tango".
now, as far as beaverhausen's comment about hollywood deserving the musicals he mentioned i have to disagree.
there are just so many examples of great motion picture musicals that were adapted from the stage.
there's plenty proof that when hollywood puts it's mind to it thay can really do a great broadway musical justice on film.
i think "dreamgirls" is going to make a remarkable movie.
like robbie j also stated the original michael bennett staging was very cinematic in approach, so it already lends itself to the medium.
as for jamie foxx playing "curtis", he was being considered before winning the oscar, but i'm torn as to whether i would prefer him as "curtis" or "jimmy".
as far as beyoncé as "deena" goes, many on this board already know how i feel about her. but i couldn't have put it any better than what another poster on the board wrote:

"we all know she's the logical choice (whether she signs on or not is another story entirely)".

...i think the beyoncé-haters on the board better start stocking up on the zoloft.

Updated On: 3/2/05 at 04:29 PM