List of planned movie-musicals?- Page 2

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 10:13am

From all the announcements, this is not a remake of the original film, but a film version of the Broadway musical.

Apparently, YOU haven't read ANY of the countless 'announcements' regarding this 'new' adaptation of FOOTLOOSE where they clearly state this is a remake of the original 1984 film and not a film adaptation of the 1998 Broadway musical adaptation.

This was even stated when Zac Efron was attached, so its not anything 'new'.

[Brick]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 11:19am

Buzz at one of the Tony parties was that DROWSY is headed to film, with a very enthusiastic Geoffrey Rush hustling the project around in hopes of playing Man in Chair.

[lull89]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 11:28am

Wow! That could be brilliant. There'd have to be a lot of work for adaption since it's a very theatrical piece, but Rush as MiC is inspired!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 5:00pm

Brick, if you're making that up, I'm gonna find you and punch you in the jaw!

[Brick]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 5:57pm

I swear I'm not.

I don't get info often, but when I do it's from a very good source.

And they've convinced a very high-profile director desperate to do a musical to come aboard. So, it's looking good.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 6:38pm

Geoffrey Rush would be great. I ... uh ... guess. I have no idea how this musical could be adapted for film as much as I love it. Man In Chair spends so much time talking to the audience in the theatre.

Okay, sure, the numbers take place in his mind. Like the film "Chicago." But what about the monologues? Who is he talking to when he's describing the show and the people in it? And his feelings about theatre? He's an incredibly reclusive guy who escapes into his cast recordings. If you put someone in the room physically with him, he's no longer reclusive. No longer escaping from the outside world. He's inviting them into his apartment to talk about show tunes.

And if he's talking to no one at all, he'll look like a candidate for the nuthouse.

They could do some of his material as voice-over, but not all of it. And why would Rush play a part that is mostly voice-over? He needs to be there interacting with his make believe world.

Hmmm.

I just don't see this working. As much as I'm sure he'd be a terrific Man In Chair.

Man In Screening Room? Man In Movie Theatre?

Man, Oh, Man.

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 7:03pm

they are going out to DIrectors for IN THE HEIGHTS and AVENUE Q, so those are going soon. SPRING AWAKENING is in the works with McG supposedly directing. And ROCK OF AGES is in development with a script already commissioned. Also heard that there is talk of GUYS AND DOLLS with Justin Timberlake in the works.

[The_Toxic_Avenger]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 7:07pm

McG will do good with Spring Awakening seeing as how he has a Music video history. Though after f*cking up Terminator I don't give him much credit.

[jo]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 7:09pm

And wasn't there also a recent official announcement about the film project of the stage musical CITY OF ANGELS?

[Acaila]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 7:52pm

I might just die of happiness if they made a Drowsy film. For some reason I've always been convinced it'd make a wonderful film despite its theatricality.

And the casting guru in my head says Tim Curry for Underling. Updated On: 7/2/09 at 07:52 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 8:19pm

I could see Drowsy working if it goes from loving tribute to old-fashioned stage musicals to tribute to old-fashioned movie musicals. I'm just not sure how the Man in Chair could be handled, since he's talking to the audience the entire time as well as being involved in some of the action.

[arabella]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 2:19pm

I SO agree about Drowsy!!

[mattonstage]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 10:34pm

Maybe Drowsy could be a sort of Purple Rose of Cairo in reverse, where he's in an old movie house and he gets pulled into the film.

[SharpCookies]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 1:55am

Hmm, I haven't heard anything about a Guys and Dolls remake. When was this announced?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 9:52am

re: GUYS & DOLLS, there was a new article just days ago about Justin Timberlake being attached to it. But G&D has always been "on the to-do list" since 2003...

[jeffmiele]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 10:31pm

i heard john travolta has no interest of doing hairspray 2 so i dont think we'll see that for a while

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:22pm

HAIRSPRAY 2 can happen without Travolta. And I think New Line would LOVE to get ANOTHER A-lister to do drag, not because they don't like Travolta, but because they would love a new name to market. Think about the possibilities...Brad Pitt, Billy Crystal, Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Tommy Lee Jones, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Murray, Jack Nicholson...they'd be happy with any one of them!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 1:17am

I had a thought for the ITH movie: What about Alexa Vega for Nina? She wasn't bad in the clip I saw of her from Hairspray.

[shh282]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 1:23am

Hook

Robin williams as Edna sounds amazing now that you mention it...

[jarred03]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 2:18am

Hairspray 2 will be set in college, so they will probably cut the parents since John doesn't want to be involved. So it's quite possible all the adults are cut. Zac Efron is still in for this eventhough he stepped out of Footloose.

Footloose has been called not a musical but Efron called it a musical, Hayden Panettiere had to sing at her audition, and the producers report that some old songs and songs will be in the movie and some will be sung and some will be played. So i guess it's half musical/half dance flick.

The Drowsy Chaperone could easily still talk to the audience because it's a musical not a realistic piece, and also they could have him talking to his cat or bird or some pet, which could actually add a lot of extra comedic depth. I think the Drowsy Chaperone could make a great film.

[Luscious]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 5:26am

Thankfully, it doesn't look like the MTV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will ever see the light of day. I haven't heard anything about it since it was announced a year ago. But if they do move forward with it, I think they should sign Adam Lambert for Frank-N-Furter.

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 7:53am

"What about Alexa Vega for Nina? She wasn't bad in the clip I saw of her from Hairspray."

I saw her in Hairspray and was totally underwhelmed.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 11:01am

Ah, that's too bad.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 11:41am

re: Drowsy on film ...

Yes, it could be about film musicals and their scores, etc. He could be pulled into the movie, or into his TV set, etc. Visually and physically it would work. But so much of the material would have to be rewritten. It's a love letter to the stage. And everything he's describing, all of his opinions, are theatre-oriented.

The trouble is adapting all the monologues physically, not so much the text itself. Who is he talking to? Where is he when he's talking? Who is he telling his private thoughts to? On stage, he's speaking directly to the theatre audience. He even waits and reacts to their reactions. And it works, because we're in "the room" with him. He breaks that fourth wall and invites us in to listen with him.

Plays with substantial monologues are very tricky on film. In "Amadeus," for example, Salieri's monologues were performed as a confession to a priest in an asylum. That was a device created for the movie. And it worked. He could still do much of the material conversationally, because he was talking to another person physically in the room. Someone who had asked him to "spill his guts" and confess his sins.

If you put someone in the room with Man In Chair, it goes against his character. He's a loner. He hides from other people and the world outside by escaping into his cast albums. I suppose you would have to do that, though. It's the only way it could work. He can't be talking to himself, or talking out loud in a movie theatre. That would be nutty.

Maybe they bring the superintendent or electricity guy or a plumber into his apartment at the very beginning, and they end up stuck there, reluctantly, listening to his records, while they fix something. He could hate having them there, too, but then open up and start talking. Then all of his monologues can pour out. It would have to happen right away though, even during the opening film credits, or the actual Drowsy material couldn't start. The premise would have to be set up in the first few minutes (like Amadeus). And you'd have to create a new character for the movie that didn't exist in the play.

"Joe the plumber." LOL The reluctant audience member who gets pulled in.

He would be the equivalent of the audiences sitting in a theatre for the stage version. I think, at times, it would come off a bit like the movie of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," where they're trapped in a jail cell while Molina goes on about the old movie musicals he used to love. And then they show the fantasy sequences in his mind. And of course the plumber character and the Man In Chair would need to have their own character arc. Even a minor one. The handyman would have to grow a bit to accept Man In Chair and his passions. And Man In Chair would have to open up a bit emotionally to another human being. It doesn't have to be romantic between them. Actually, I think it would hurt the film if it was a romance, and their arc dominated the story. The focus would be totally off then. But by the end of the movie, there would have to be a deep mutual respect between the two. Each learning something about human nature.

I don't know. Probably the only way I see this working on film, though.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 1:38pm

Hairspray 2?!?

Really?!? Well at least Nikki Blonsky can get another job!

And with Carousel...I'm glad to see that Anne Hathaway's name is being mentioned...and not Scarlett Johanson's name anymore!