MATILDA: The Musical Is Coming To The Big Screen

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 12:13pm

In 2019.

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 12:17pm

Very excited for this. I actually think the style of the songs (the intimate and very character-driven feel) could translate very well to film.

[Jingjo2]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 12:22pm

Something to look forward to in 2019!!! Finally!!!

Here are my predictions...

1. Matilda will be played by Blue Ivy Carter or one of Angelina Jolie's future toddler
2. Miley Cyrus will play Ms. Trunchbull
3. Half of the people on this board will turn 80
4. Due to the success of The Book Of Mormon, st. louise became the theatre capital of the world
5. Phantom will still be running, Wicked won't.
6. The movie will be released in 4D with the lastest technology of chocolate burp scent in the cinema
7. Rebecca will still be raising money for their broadway run

Sounds like a great year

[jetts7]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 1:12pm

I have to wait 6 years?! THE STRUGGLE!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 2:58pm

I hope Mara Wilson plays teacher lady.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 3:23pm

^^Or the cook.

I just really hope Bertie comes back! And with the creative team, I think he will. And plus, he received acclaim, a Tony nomination, and a Oscar win for this. Why a big name movie star? I can see him at least get a Golden Globe win from this (Like John Travolta and Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd.)

But, 2019?! Updated On: 11/15/13 at 03:23 PM

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 8:39pm

After listening to Emily Blunt in INTO THE WOODS, I think she will be the perfect choice for Miss Honey. Her voice has the exact amount of maturity and beauty needed for the part.

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 8:55pm

"The long delay is due in part to complicated contract issues which stipulate that a film version of author Roald Dahl's classic story is not permitted to be released until six years after the opening of the Broadway production."

This barely makes sense if the show were still open, as a lot of people going to see Les Miz are supposedly doing so because they liked the movie... but what if Matilda isn't even running on Broadway in two years?! Weird.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 9:19pm

I'm sure it will at least still be running in London.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 9:24pm

And plus, he received acclaim, a Tony nomination, and a Oscar win for this.

Bertie won an Oscar for a film that doesn't exist yet? Is he the Future Tony Winner Kelli O'Hara of the silver screen?

Updated On: 11/10/14 at 09:24 PM

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 9:43pm

Blargh, I meant OLIVER.

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 11:24pm

"Blargh, I meant OLIVER."

Keep trying. You're getting closer.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 11:28pm

I just pray that this won't end up like THE PRODUCERS and MAMMA MIA!....Lord, those were PRETTY BAD.

[darquegk]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 8:55am

I can't imagine they'll be dealt with in the same way at all. Those are traditional musical comedies in structure and writing, while Matilda is a somewhat surrealistic piece that breaks the fourth wall and uses multimedia elements heavily. I'm sure it'll be directed in a more artistic and less stagey manner than The Producers.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 10:18am

Keep trying. You're getting closer.

OLIVIER. Had it wrong by one letter :P

[darquegk]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 11:26am

Mara Wilson will probably cameo in this, but in a relatively minor role- she seems to enjoy her new life as a radio and internet personality more than acting these days.

[gleek4114]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 2:08pm

To be fair Mamma Mia is a rediculous show turned into a rediculous movie. With that being said, I take it at face value and let myself enjoy the less aclaimed movie musicals.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 2:13pm

^ Bully for you. Your screen-name really tells us of your rarified and highbrow taste. Meanwhile, this movie hasn't even been made yet.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 2:16pm

@darquegk I'm not sure though... Musical films directed by the people who directed the stage versions always ends up with rather disastrous results. MAME anybody?

Updated On: 11/11/14 at 02:16 PM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 5:23pm

Of course there are exceptions to the rule such as Joshua Logan (South Pacific) and Jerome Robbins (West Side Story, even though it was only the musical sequences). But then again, there's also Gene Saks (Mame), Harold Prince (A Little Night Music), Susan Stroman (The Producers), and Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!)...

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 5:27pm

I agree that it is hard to tell whether the director of the movie that hasn't been shot using the script that hasn't been written of the cast that has not been hired will be any good.

[Balls McPherson]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 7:51pm

I once saw a Matilda movie that wasn't a musical

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 10/26/17 at 4:49pm

Possibly finally back on

http://www.offtothetheatre.co.uk/matilda-screen-version-of-stage-musical-to-film-next-year/?utm_content=buffer6abea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/26/17 at 4:57pm

Aah!! Can’t wait! Would love to see Anna Kendrick as Miss. Honey.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 10/26/17 at 5:39pm

I love Matilda on stage, but I'm afraid of Warchus's lack of film experience. It's a different medium and really needs someone who lives and breathes film. I find with few exceptions that theatre directors/choreographers turned film directors tend to miss that vision that makes film its own unique medium.