Kristin in WICKED movie, returning etc. — Page 2

Stephen Scwartz came to my highschool a few months ago and talked to the theatre kids because we were doing Children of Eden and he was saying that if they were going to even make a Wicked movie it wouldn't be for about 10 years.

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I should post a voice post next time allofmylife, because I keep forgetting that sarcasim is lost on message boards.

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Sing, yes. Sing as good as Kristin Chenowerth? Hardly.

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Yes, a lot of the Magic of "Wicked" is being on stage.
But look what it's based on!
"The Wizard of Oz" started as a book- then it was a Broadway musical, then a movie.
Who's to Say Wicked won't be the same?
It could do well as a movie in my opinion

I think to make a credible movie they have to go back to the book and forget the musical. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice musical, but it has about as much relevance to the meaning if the book as "CATS" has to Darwin's theory of evolution!!

To make a GOOD movie they should start from scratch. No singing, just a straight adaptation. Have Jennifer Connolly (maybe anyway, though we could do better) as Elphaba and Reese Witherspoon as Glinda, Terry Gilliam or Tim Burton to direct...

But they won't. As the other guy says, they'll screw it up. Get Christopher 'don't-ask-me-about-style-just-tell-me-which-way-to-point-the-camera' Columbus to do his usual. Add extra cheese to the already slightly cheesy Schwartz blend, put in some fluffy actresses who can sing and can't act, and make themselves a d**n fortune.

Sigh...it was ever thus

BB

Thanks Sparklesss. And Babanna Bear, you have accidentally begun to think exactly like a Hollywood weasel,er.... production executive. Tim Burton would be the kiss of death for the project that we all want to see based on the original book. Look at his films. After the first half hour, he forgets there IS a script and goes off on wild flights of fancy. Story be damned. And as for Terry Gilliam... practically unbankable. His films lose far far more money than they gross. Don't trust your favorite story to him. No matter how visionary.

And casting> You're going Hollywood again. Jennifer and Reese are wonderful actors, but at LEAST a decade too old. They are married women with children and it shows in the close-ups. (I know that sounds terrible but the recent movie of Rent had a cast that looked at least a decade too old. It looked ridiculous).

I'd say you have to find new talent or up-and-comings to play the roles. Just som musings.........

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"Stephen Scwartz came to my highschool a few months ago and talked to the theatre kids because we were doing Children of Eden and he was saying that if they were going to even make a Wicked movie it wouldn't be for about 10 years."

That's good, wait awhile and I'll be able to work on it :) Although I'm not a huge supporter of it being turned into a movie.